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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... index by the close. Traders were left with nowhere to hedge risk, triggering the sale of physical stocks instead. Futures trading was halted by the ASX at about 1245 AEST to address an urgent "hardware rectification" before trading recommenced at almost ...

CBA plans CommSec Bank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... underlined by its strong contribution to the bank's earnings for the year to June, reported yesterday. CommSec's monthly trading volumes were up 70 per cent, it processed a record 1.1 million trades in June and it drove a 40 per cent increase in margin ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... cent but 2-yr bonds yields sank 8bp to 4.29 per cent. Overnight the US stock market took a nasty spill towards the end of trading with the S&P 500 dropping 1.4 per cent to close 1406.7. Year to date this leaves the S&P down 0.8 per cent however it is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... credit markets. After a fleeting rally, financial shares helped push the market sharply lower in the the last hour of trading. Energy companies' stocks also dropped after striking early gains. Shares of Countrywide fell 13 per cent to close at $US21.29 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... both the US dollar and Japanese yen on the back of a lack in investor confidence. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8317/23, down from yesterday's close of $US0.8384/88. Meanwhile, the Australian sharemarket was a sea of red this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... CAC-40 index closed at 5478.66 points, down 90.62 or 1.63 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average gained 0.27 per cent, as trading firms such as Itochu and other energy-related stocks lured buyers looking for cheap valuations and solid profit prospects ...

Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... investors snapping up banking and construction sector bargains. US markets finished up essentially where they started after a trading day of wild swings in both directions. Goldman-Sachs allayed investor fears over its Global Equity Opportunities Fund ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... central-bank policy. Goldman Sachs senior European economist Erik Nielsen praised the move that by day's end had the rate trading around 4.1 per cent. He told The Wall Street Journal "In my view, this is outstanding central banking by the ECB and ought ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The Australian market is set to plunge in trading today, following the dramatic falls on Wall St. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 157 points to 5,994 on a volume of 5,180 contracts. In economic news ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... 6,102 on a volume of 13,212 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans Brisbane director of equities Bill Chatterton said the market was trading more conservatively than its US counterpart, with interest rates subduing investor sentiment. In the US, stocks rose for ...