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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... index meanwhile was down 0.31 per cent at 6,729.79 points. The euro rose to $US1.2438 from $US1.2390 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied after China's surprise move last week to cut interest rates for the first time in more ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... other whispering hope of cheerier gifts for one and all. Ho ho ho. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) played St. Nick last Friday, pleasantly surprising financial markets with a gift of a 40 basis point reduction in the benchmark one-year lending rate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 5,360. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Friday cut its one-year rate for deposits by 0.25 of a percentage point to 2.75 per cent and its one-year lending rate by 0.40 of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was more or less following the lead of Wall Street which finished flat on Friday. He said materials and energy stocks had been the best performers but the market had been weighed down by the big four banks. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... announcement on frequent flyer points. Meanwhile, Crown opens its display suite in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Friday closed slightly higher, ending a four-session run of losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.21 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... rose more than expected. Locally, News Corp, Lend Lease and Automotive Holdings all hold their annual general meetings on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower for a fourth straight day as banking and energy stocks weighed on the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... industrial production contracted 0.9 per cent in September. The euro slid to $US1.2430 from $US1.2456 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Japanese shares succumbing to profit-taking but Hong Kong and Shanghai rallying ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... thirteen-and-a-half points of the market's fall," Mr McCarthy said. Mr McCarthy said the banking sector had generally performed well on Friday despite the ANZ and National Australia Bank trading ex-dividend on the day. "That might have been a little ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Statistics releases housing finance figures for September. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher despite two of the major banks going ex-dividend. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 43.0 points, or 0.78 ...

market wrap PM

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... market's early gains could be short-lived as several stocks, including ANZ and NAB, trade without dividend entitlements on Friday, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "The ASX 200 will be swimming against the tide of dividend losses that ...