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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... smaller move today reflects the fact that we are taking account of what we had already done yesterday," Mr Spooner said. "Traders and investors are just taking a pause essentially, I think the selling is starting to dry up a little bit at this stage ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... mostly rebounded as G8 support for Greece to remain in the eurozone boosted sentiment after last week's sharp sell-off, traders say. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 0.70 per cent to 5,304.48 points on Monday after tumbling by five per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... seemed as though everything else fell. The Dow Jones industrial average has been in a slump over the past two weeks as traders saw an increasing risk that Greece could leave the euro, causing more disruptions in markets. Remember the go-go days of May ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... the first quarter of 2012, matching the decline of the previous quarter. HONG KONG - Asian stocks have eked out gains as traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days amid intensifying fears of a messy exit by Greece from the euro common ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Australia, the market on Tuesday recovered some lost ground after the biggest one-day drop in more than four months on Monday. Traders said the slightly stronger performance on Tuesday followed better than expected trading on United States and European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... knock." Most European stock markets fell sharply on Friday and the euro lost ground, but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections there and in Greece. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent to close at 5,655.06 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... 2,956.34. LONDON - Most European stock markets fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor sentiment on both sides of the ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... activity. According to the ASX, at the moment the value of stocks on loan amounts to only $22 billion or 1.5% of the market. Traders are borrowing stock in about half of all companies, though the half that are not currently on loan are only the very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... better-than-expected read on US manufacturing in April and encouraging construction data drove Wall Street shares higher Tuesday as traders shrugged off some poor earnings reports. Profit taking took root in the final hour but even so, the Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Monday closed stronger, driven by resource and banking stocks, to put it on a slightly stronger footing over all of April. Traders said the market finished stronger on the day on the expectations of a cut in domestic interest rates and a soft economic ...