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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australian stocks have ticked slightly higher at midday, after a choppy morning's trade. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was 6.5 points higher at 5929.7, while the all ordinaries gained 3.6 points to 5916.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Australian stocks have ticked slightly higher at midday, after a choppy morning's trade. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 6.5 points higher at 5929.7, while the all ordinaries gained 3.6 points to 5916.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

New chairman for SPAA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The board of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has announced SuperConcepts technical manager, Graeme Colley, as the new chairman. Current chairman Peter Hogan will remain with SPAA as vice chair. Colley, technical ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher, fuelled by a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0814 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 27 points to 5,949. The US markets were buoyed by more takeover ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks were boosted by merger and acquisition activity. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0836 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 30 points to 5,941. The speculation fuelling ...

Government lifts deeming rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Higher returns across investment markets and higher interest rates have pushed the Federal Government to lift deeming rates for the first time in three years. Deeming rates will increase from 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent and from 5 per cent to 5.5 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The Australian bond market fell overnight as US equities staged a comeback amid growing confidence the economy can weather a rise in delinquent mortgages made to risky borrowers. At 0900 AEDT, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
In line with other recent optimism about the Australian economy the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence has risen by 3.7 per cent in March to a score of 115.5 points, its highest level since August 2005. Just over 4 per cent of ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive US lead with investors looking to take profits on yesterday's heavy falls. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 49 points at 5,799. Today, the ...