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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... renewed sentiment after the German vote. Woodside Petroleum rose 21 cents to $32.35 and Santos added 18 cents to $11.45. Materials rose 0.36 per cent. Mining giant Rio Tinto fell 80 cents or 1.3 per cent to $61.65 after announcing it had bought 500,000 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... in response to heavy falls in commodity prices over the past week and also in overnight trade, Mr Burmester said. The materials sector was down by 2.4 per cent. BHP Billiton had dropped 85 cents, or 2.4 per cent, to $34.67, and Rio Tinto had lost $2.22 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australian shares extended early gains at noon, with materials leading the market as commodity prices slowed their steady descent of recent weeks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 114.9 points, or 2.97 per cent, to 3978.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... further direction from the US Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee two-day meeting, beginning on Tuesday (US time). Materials were hardest hit, falling 1.4 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 59 cents or 1.6 per cent to $37.01, with fellow ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... the past year or two, the retail and finance part of the market is not doing so great with property struggling while materials and primary production will probably continue reasonably well," Hobart told Financial Standard. Hobart spoke of the numerous ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Australian shares were higher at noon, building on gains from early trade, with the materials and financials sectors leading the market. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73 points, or 1.8 per cent, at 4,148.5, while the broader All ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... providing a higher level of protection for newer or more risk adverse investors. CMC Markets was named "Best education materials" in the Investment Trends May 2011 Australia CFD Report.

AllianceBernstein expands Value Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Anthony Moran to the Bernstein Australian Value team as a research analyst. Moran will be covering construction, building materials and infrastructure and extends the AllianceBernstein footprint in Australian Value Investment. "His appointment is another ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... The best-performer on the market at noon was the emerging companies sector, up 5.53 per cent, according to IRESS data. Materials (up 3.4 per cent) and metals and minerals stocks (up 3.37 per cent), also were doing well. Overall, rises outnumbered falls ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Friday. Energy stocks were hit particularly hard at the open, down 5.88 per cent according to IRESS data. Industrials and materials stocks also were well into red figures, down five per cent and 3.7 per cent, respectively. On the S&P/ASX20, just one ...