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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... 0.97 point, to close at 17,939.12 HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market was closed for the Chinese New Year holidays. Trading will resume this afternoon. On Friday the benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 29.49 points to end at 20,567.91. WELLINGTON - The ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... approaches which may have added to the fall in the share price." But Mr Muller said there were other reasons for the lower trading, with overseas drivers weak after the US market was closed for a public holiday and base metals were flat, giving no real ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... highest close since May 8, 2000. HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market was closed for the Chinese New Year holidays. Trading will resume on Wednesday, February 21. On Friday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 29.49 points to end at 20,567.91. WELLINGTON ...

Index funds basking in the glow of 6,000

... index fund investors might just want to hang on tight. James Foulsham, senior dealer at Contracts for Difference (CFDs) trading group, CMC Markets, said, "The general consensus is that there's still potential upside. Obviously, we're in the reporting ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... said. Despite the weakness in the major miners, others in the sector such as Zinifex, Jubilee Mines and Oxiana were all trading strongly. By 1212 BHP Billiton was off 12 cents at $28.95 while Rio Tinto relinquished 32 cents to $77.76. Zinifex improved ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... stronger lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index contract finished overnight trading up two points 5959. In economic news today, Australian Bureau Statistics releases January merchandise imports data. On the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 29.1 points to 5989.6, after breaking the intraday record in early trading to reach 5991.2. The all ordinaries gained 28.8 points to 5966.5, also after breaking the record intraday high in early trading ...

CommBank FUA reaches $168b

... of their FirstChoice platform, which grew 48 per cent over the past 12 months. The shares have risen 17 cents on early trading to $51 as the bank reported that all their business divisions, not just funds management, have performed on target or beaten ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the movement in profitability was that of the measures of trading and employment that fell by 2 and 1 point respectively but are still above longer term averages. NAB says that the ...

Phoenix won't rise from $1b fraud

... internal fraud case that could result in losses of around 800 million Euros, and regarding a 600 million Euro "phantom" trading account. It was predominantly the group's German and Scandinavian investors that were hard hit with one report estimating ...