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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... Australian Securities Exchange. OceanaGold Corporation and Uramet Minerals Limited also both list on the ASX. Australian stocks continued their upward procession yesterday, propelled by a positive resources sector and solid market performances in the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was 48 points firmer at 6336 on a volume of 28,179 contracts. In the US, stocks rose on Friday after lower than expected inflation data cooled fears of a rate rise. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 32.6 points to 6,293.8, while the all ordinaries rose 28.7 points to 6,317.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday after lower than expected inflation data cooled inflation fears and a broker upgrade for Intel led tech ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... are five points on either side of this position," Mr Russell said. "Once again we have seen gains in the major resources stocks on the back of rises in the commodity prices and that is where I think the prices will driven in the shorter-term. "It is ...

Internationals in rare win over Aussies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... acquisition activity were behind the strong May returns of 3.5 per cent (in local currency and on an unhedged basis). Growth stocks also outperformed value stocks for the first time in 2007. The local market, meanwhile, only returned a median of 2.7 ...

Shorting no longer needs a tick: SEC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday voted 5-0 to remove an almost 70-year-old rule that banned investors from shorting stocks while the price was still falling. The vote removed the so-called 'tick test', where investors cannot short a stock unless the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... 6298. In corporate news today, the Australian Council of Super Investors Conference will be held in Melbourne. Resource stocks led the market's charge back into the black yesterday. At the close, the S&P/ASX200 index had risen 80.5 points at 6261.2 while ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... overnight. The overseas listed companies for BHP and Rio were very strong. "Most people looking at the market think industrial stocks are fully priced. "But resources still have potential and midcaps have good growth opportunities with the ongoing demand ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... the S&P/ASX200 index was down 59.4 points at 6180.7 while the all ordinaries shed 57.6 points to 6210.1. NEW YORK - US stocks increased overnight with signs of strength in the economy reassuring investors. Lower bond yields triggered a rebound in utilities ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... to see. "It's possible it could weaken off, but the way it is heading at the moment it is certainly in an up trend." US stocks fell sharply overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 129.95 points to end at 13,295.01, and the Standard & Poor's ...