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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... the first quarter of 2012, matching the decline of the previous quarter. HONG KONG - Asian stocks have eked out gains as traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days amid intensifying fears of a messy exit by Greece from the euro common ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Australia, the market on Tuesday recovered some lost ground after the biggest one-day drop in more than four months on Monday. Traders said the slightly stronger performance on Tuesday followed better than expected trading on United States and European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... knock." Most European stock markets fell sharply on Friday and the euro lost ground, but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections there and in Greece. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent to close at 5,655.06 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... 2,956.34. LONDON - Most European stock markets fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor sentiment on both sides of the ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... activity. According to the ASX, at the moment the value of stocks on loan amounts to only $22 billion or 1.5% of the market. Traders are borrowing stock in about half of all companies, though the half that are not currently on loan are only the very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... better-than-expected read on US manufacturing in April and encouraging construction data drove Wall Street shares higher Tuesday as traders shrugged off some poor earnings reports. Profit taking took root in the final hour but even so, the Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Monday closed stronger, driven by resource and banking stocks, to put it on a slightly stronger footing over all of April. Traders said the market finished stronger on the day on the expectations of a cut in domestic interest rates and a soft economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... financial shares were boosted by strong earnings in the United States, while the euro and US dollar gained against the yen as traders felt confident to buy riskier assets. Tokyo surged 2.14 per cent, or 202.55 points, to 9,667.26 and Seoul rose 0.97 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... was 2.19 per cent higher at $66.12 and Fortescue Metals was 2.07 per cent up at $5.91. Oil prices diverged on Tuesday as traders reacted to Argentina's shock decision to expropriate a subsidiary of Spanish oil giant Repsol. New York's main contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... boost New York stock markets. Mr Ive said that, with no major domestic economic data releases scheduled for Wednesday, traders would be waiting for Thursday's Spanish debt auction. "That is a much longer dated bond auction and there will certainly be ...