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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... news on the retail front had pushed stocks higher the day before, as a government report showed a rebound in overall retail sales in October. Investors are looking closely for signs of whether consumer spending, one of the biggest drivers of the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on Tuesday after stronger than expected US retail sales sent stocks and commodities higher. At 0747 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 40 points at ...

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... consumption - which includes household spending - contributed 4.0 percentage points to third quarter growth. Chinese retail sales surged at an annual rate of 15.1 per cent in the first three quarters of 2009. The central government made sure of this ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... former chief executive, Morris resigned in the same month. Meanwhile, Rory MacIntyre, general manager, global equities retail sales at Perpetual is taking on the role of acting group executive for global equities at the firm.

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected US industrial production and better-than-forecasts retail sales dulled disappointment over the fall in consumer confidence in October. What about market indicators? Credit default spreads ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... fiscal year earnings outlook. The good news does not end here. Economic reports also provided pleasant surprises. US retail sales had never been expected to rise in September especially with the ceasing of the 'cash for clunkers' program. But the fall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... Zealand sharemarket gave up a little ground on a day in which the NZ dollar got a boost from better than expected retail sales. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 9.42 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 3,169.46. Turnover was worth $NZ89 million ($A72.08 ...

Perpetual appoints GM for Aust eq sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Perpetual Investments has appointed Matt Mckinnon to the role of general manager - retail sales Australian equities. Mckinnon has over 14 years experience in funds management and investment banking in Australia and overseas. Mckinnon joined Perpetual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... $19.641 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The median market forecast was for retail sales to have risen by 0.5 per cent in August. Among the retailers, department store David Jones had gained 11 cents, or 1.92 per ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... continues to indicate that it would. In addition to the positive signs we've already seen - ISM, industrial production, retail sales - more came last night. The US Federal Reserve reported that American households and non-profit institutions grew US$2 ...