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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... the May price on COMEX. Base metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metals Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after oil prices rose and a General Motors executive said the crisis in US mortgage lending hurt US auto sales ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Australian stocks have had a positive morning, climbing higher as gains are posted in resources and banking stocks, supported by a rally in the US on Friday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was 6.6 points higher at 6214.1, while the all ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... hard part. "Like Europe, the Australian marketplace is dominated by big players in resources and banks with many smaller stocks making up the rest of the market. At the large cap end of the market, the returns are influenced by systematic risk factors ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... the May price on COMEX. Base metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks jumped on Friday, with the Dow closing at a record high after coming within 35 points of 13,000, as Google Inc and Caterpillar ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... period, generated a whopping 23.7 per cent annualised gain and outpacing the S&P TSX Composite by 1.3 per cent. Foreign stocks also did their part, pushing the four-year MSCI World Index to 14.2 per cent in Canadian dollar terms. Canadian pension funds ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... its production report, while miner Oxiana Ltd will make public its report for the March quarter. Yesterday, Australian stocks burst back into record territory, re-energised by strong gains among the miners and banking stocks and buoyed by Wall Street. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... Australian share market at noon had slipped from last night's record high following a mixed lead from New York, while resources stocks pulled the bourse lower on softer commodities prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.5 points ...

Surging dollar prompts mixed views on fall-out

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... and energy come out winners, defensive sectors such as healthcare, gaming, property and financials have been hardest hit. Stocks with US$ earnings such as mining may have to downgrade their earnings expectations if the Australian dollar's strength is ...

Market Wrap - morning

... releases its production report and miner Oxiana Ltd will make public its report for the March quarter. Yesterday, Australian stocks burst back into record territory, re-energised by strong gains among the miners and banking stocks and buoyed by Wall ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... further record territory this morning after near record highs on Wall Street and strong performances from the big resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained almost one full percentage point in value to post an intraday ...