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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... $3.12. Fairfax media shares were 2.8 per cent lower at 70 cents. "Fairfax appears to be caught in the downdraft," Mr McCarthy said. Meanwhile, News Corp shares were relatively flat at $18.90 while Ten Network shares were steady at 81 cents. Resources ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... strength. "Anytime the market gets a whiff that US data is softer than expected we will see the Aussie strengthen again." Mr McCarthy said overnight concerns about Spanish debt were not necessarily the cause of the weakness in European markets. "I'd ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... activity. Concerns about the global growth outlook are pushing markets down and forcing investors to price in risk, Mr McCarthy said. On the other hand, local companies are looking strong and delivering good dividends. "That conflict means we're bouncing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... today's trading is the pick-up in volumes that we've seen," he said. "The last few days have been very light volumes." Mr McCarthy said local investors were weighing up solid company fundamentals on the Australian market against the concerns coming out ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... pricing in such a bearish scenario anything mildly positive (can push the market significantly higher)," he said. Mr McCarthy said trading volumes were average, with a turnover of 895.29 million shares worth $2.12 billion. But, he said, there were more ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... downgrade. "There's certainly going to be negative sentiment and we're likely to be in strongly negative territory," Mr McCarthy said. "In essence, there's still a lot of fear in the market... Some of those French banks were down more than 20 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... losing streak. "Clearly, there was a bit of a bounce in US stocks overnight, to rally to finish in positive territory," Mr McCarthy said. "We've had a similar situation. After the massive falls yesterday, we've seen a little bit of a bounce back." Mr ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... of a bipartisan committee of Congress to report back by November, with a proposal to further reduce the US deficit. Mr McCarthy said shares may fall back in afternoon trade. "The deal is, on the details we've seen so far, the weakest possible deal," ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... the broad market is that a lot of stocks move into deep value territory... they become potential takeover targets," Mr McCarthy told AAP. "We've already seen some action in that space, particularly in small resources where Conquest and Catalpa announced ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... positive lead from US markets, some traders will have confidence that it's also time to be going long in this market," Mr McCarthy said. "The European debt soap opera will continue, but the Chinese demand story is intact, and last night in the US we ...