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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The Australian market is tipped to open slightly weaker this morning, however a lack of domestic news and the approach of the end of the financial year should conspire to limit the range on the local bourse. Offshore, the US Federal Reserve is expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2004
The Australian market will be hit by conflicting forces with weaker US equity markets being pitted against firmer commodity and base metal prices to set the tone for the local market. Australia's indices were weaker yesterday as selling in News Corp ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2004
The Australian sharemarket will probably start the day weaker, as some heavy selling from media company News Corp is expected following a decision from Standard and Poor's yesterday. Yesterday global stocks indexing group Standard & Poor's said it will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
The Australian market could continue with yesterday's retracement as weaker commodity prices overnight may have a negative impact on resource stocks. However, this could be tempered by moderate gains in US stocks. By 0655 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2004
The recent run of positive days on the stockmarket could be set to come to an end as mixed commodity prices and weaker offshore markets are expected to weigh on the local bourse. However, the Australian market has made record intraday highs over the ...

NAB appoints Michael Chaney to board

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
National Australia Bank said today that former Wesfarmers chief executive Michael Chaney would join the board as a non-executive director effective December 2004 and will assume the chairmanship in September 2005. Graham Kraehe will continue as national\'s ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
The Australian market is likely to extend the recent record closes with further gains today as strong commodity prices and US markets help to underpin growing investor confidence. On Friday both key indices hit record closes and made new intraday highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2004
The Australian market could be open to a bot of profit taking today as broadly unchanged US markets offer little direction for the local bourse. The US indices were slightly weaker across the board overnight and this, coupled with record closing highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2004
The Australian market will struggle for direction, although it should open slightly higher, as US markets were broadly unchanged overnight. In the US the Dow Jones was fractionally weaker but the other two indices made slight gains as economic data ...

D&B Survey predicts a modest start to new financial year

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Business expectations for sales and capital investment intentions have slumped to their lowest levels in two and a half years, according to a new survey out today. The latest Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) National Business Expectations Survey has found all ...