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CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... paralleling a similar situation in August last year, while eurozone sell-offs were also seen as an opportunity by some traders, bolstering demand. "The position of our net client book in some major instruments indicated that clients were positioning ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... 500 fell 16.73 (1.26 per cent) to 1,308.93, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite lost 48.69 (1.70 per cent) to 2,809.73. Traders also appeared to be taking profits after US equity markets scored their best week of the year last week. The 100 billion ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... but there are costs there, and so they [DMA providers] keep their costs down by using client's funds. Most definitely, traders don't familiarise themselves enough with those risks but I think if you make it clear what those risks are and you're prepared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... hit a 23-month low versus the US dollar on poor US jobs data following weak economic news from China and the eurozone, traders say. Early losses deepened after the Labour Department said on Friday the US economy only added 69,000 jobs in May, pushing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... stocks have been hit a lot harder than the top 200 stocks," he said. "That's a sign of short-term trading interest - (traders) positioning themselves in the highly liquid stocks." Weaker materials stocks also dragged the market lower ahead of the release ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... enter the market in that clear a version," said Gibson. "The concern of what people call front-running by high frequency traders being able to see a sequence of orders and say there must be a larger order behind it is going to happen in the dark pools ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders again looking to events across the Atlantic ahead of a long holiday weekend. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 13 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders again looking to events across the Atlantic ahead of a long holiday weekend. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... tech stocks hit the Nasdaq for a loss in the day. Despite one per cent-plus gains on major European bourses, New York traders held pat on tepid US data and a still-unclear picture for the eurozone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday rose 33.60 ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... futures prices are higher after the former Greek prime minister's comments that the nation could exit the eurozone prompted traders to move to safe-haven investments. In his first interview since leaving office, former Greek prime minister, Lucas Papademos ...