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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received a strong lead from overseas, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0826 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index futures contract was 78 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over 1.5 per cent higher at noon led by gains in financial stocks on a strong trading performance by Commonwealth Bank and takeover talks among insurers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 74.9 points ...

Super funds on the mend: SelectingSuper

Super funds have recovered so much ground in the nine months to end September that they could soon be back in the black for the first time in 18 months, the SelectingSuper survey found. The survey found that the average 12-month loss, after all fees ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
"They left me to rot!" For all intents, this could be the rallying cry for the 8.2 million Americans that are now unemployed since the start of the US recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas for trading on Monday, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher, along with gold, but other commodities lower. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up 1.3 per cent by noon on Friday after better than expected jobs and productivity data in the US and as the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its forecast for economic growth. All sectors of the market gained, despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was marginally in the red at noon after a broad-based sell-off, although a higher oil price overnight drove gains in the energy sector and investors flocked to healthcare stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after strong leads from Wall Street. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The Australian share market was flat at noon after a mixed lead from the US and despite gains among financial and gold stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,534.2 points, while the broader All ...