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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... from Wall Street combined with outstanding earnings reports, first from ANZ and now the CBA, has lifted the market, IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said. "After yesterday's ANZ numbers the market expected the CBA would come out with a good set of results," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Australian shares are flat, with rises in energy companies underpinning much of the market. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said several market heavyweights, including the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra, going ex-dividend were weighing on the market. But ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has opened fractionally higher, boosted by the big miners. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said the big miners - BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals - were forging ahead on the back of stronger iron ore prices ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has opened fractionally higher, boosted by the big miners. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said the big miners - BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals - were forging ahead on the back of stronger iron ore prices ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... growth in the quarter in the US - which was above expectations - showed the economy was recovering at a "modest" pace. IG Markets analyst Chris Weston said the US central bank's cautious statement meant it was business as usual on the local front. "The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... no means on a preset course," Mr Bernanke told a House of Representatives committee on Thursday (Australian time). IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was optimistic following Dr Bernanke's testimony. "I think the markets found his ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... The Australian stock market has opened lower despite strong production reports from Australia's two biggest miners. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said investors on Wednesday would focus on the release of strong mining production reports. "The market's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on Thursday it would continue to pump money into the US economy. IG Markets strategist Chris Weston said the local market was buoyed by improving figures out of global trade, including China. "It's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... conclude that highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future is what's needed in the US economy." IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the comments pushed the US dollar lower, which was good news for risk assets, like the Aussie. "We ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... and Westpac dropping 4.5 cents, or 0.16 per cent, to $27.67. But ANZ was up three cents, or 0.11 per cent, at $27.24. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said China's growth would be the next big factor for local shares after last week's announcement the Fed ...