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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian market has opened higher following a dramatic turnaround on Wall Street in the final 15 minutes of trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index is up 66.6 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 3,938.7 and the broader All Ordinaries index is 65.1 points ...

IOOF seals DKN takeover

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... acquisition of DKN Financial Group after gaining approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria. IOOF said in a statement to the ASX that it would now acquire all of the fully paid ordinary shares in DKN that it does not already own. DKN shareholders will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Australian shares were more than one per cent lower at noon, extending losses from early trade ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) interest rate decision. The local bourse opened almost one per cent down on a weak lead from Wall Street ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The Australian share market opened lower - but better than expected - as investors returned to normal trading after the public holiday. At 1016 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 31.3 points, or 0.80 per cent, at 3,865.7, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... quarterly shipments in the three months since June. Platinum metals producer Aquarius Platinum was the strongest stock on the ASX 100, jumping 4.2 per cent to $ $2.96. In offshore trade, gold rose modestly on Thursday. The spot price of gold in Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the overnight trend of Wall Street. At 0630 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,020. In economic news on Friday, the federal government releases ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... cent to $5.52, and Woodside Petroleum shed 1.2 per cent to $31.55. Uranium miner Paladin Energy was the weakest stock on the ASX 100, plunging 11.1 per cent to $1.17. Typically defensive health care stocks were the only shares to gain ground, with CSL ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... plant were exposed to hexavalent chromium. Global property development company Stockland was the best performing stock on the ASX 100, gaining 3.9 per cent to $2.92. Turnover was 969.53 million shares changing hands for $2.39 billion, with almost eight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... upload speeds available anywhere. Rare earths minerals explorer Lynas Corporation was the best performing stock on the S&P/ASX 100, soaring 20 per cent to $1.05. Biopharmaceutical company CSL Ltd was among the only red spots on the market and the worst ...