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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Australian shares have turned lower after disappointing consumer confidence data and as fresh profit downgrades from insurers and retailers weigh on the market. Shares in Wesfarmers were largely flat at $30.57 after the diversified group said it expected ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Miners and energy stocks have added around one per cent to Australian shares after a successful French debt auction and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight ...

Investors looking backwards: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Mercer finding it underperformed in global markets after rising 1.9% in the 2010 calendar year. In ranking the Australian shares fund manager results, Mercer found that despite poor returns in 2011, stock volatility did actually decline but that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Australian shares have opened lower after a downgrade of nine of the European bloc countries' credit ratings sparked a fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Australian shares are lower as warnings from two ratings agencies overnight wiped out optimism that Europe's debt crisis may be nearing a resolution. Monday's gains were wiped out after Moody's Investors Service said it would review the credit ratings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian shares surged 1.6 per cent after key offshore bourses rallied on the back of Europe's latest plan to address its economic crisis. All 17 of the eurozone countries on Friday agreed to a "fiscal compact" to create tighter budgetary rules for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Australian shares have dropped as dealers fear failure of a crucial summit in Europe could spell the break up of the eurozone. Shares slumped 1.5 per cent at the open, wiping out December's gains to date, after the European Central Bank President Mario ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall as world markets dropped ahead of a crucial meeting of European leaders. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was 67 points lower, or 1.56 per cent, at 4,216. There is no economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares slipped after disappointing employment data added to an already negative trend as doubts linger over the outcome of a crucial eurozone debt crisis summit. Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in November as the number ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall after German and French officials lowered expectations for a deal to save the euro at this week's European summit. At 0823 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was eight points lower at ...