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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... gains on Wall Street, but bank HBOS pulled the market back after it did not increase its share buyback programme in a trading update. The FTSE 100 closed at 5665, up 6.8 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5503.41, up 9.8 points. PARIS - The CAC-40 ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
The wild gyration that has characterised financial market trading activity since mid-May continued to make its presence felt last week. Trading in stock and commodity markets remained highly volatile with prices swinging wildly. Anxious investors sold ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... issue. On the equities front Evans and Tate holds a general meeting in Sydney. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled in volatile trading, with the Dow erasing its gains for the year as higher-than-expected inflation data stoked interest rate worries. Investors ...

Macquarie buys insolvent Canadian mortgage funder

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... A$6 million letter of credit to maintain its banking facilities until the deal closes. Cervus said last week that its trading position was "difficult and under pressure," although mortgage originations remained active. Cervus reported a loss of A$4 million ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... with Allco and competition watchdog chairman Graeme Samuel speaks in Melbourne. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded in late trading, pulling the Dow industrials and S&P 500 indexes back up into positive territory, after an earlier run to Treasury debt ended. ...

Mining managers wary of funds fleeing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... to," Goldsmith said. Recently, commodities in the US and Australia have seen significant volatility even in intra-day trading. According to Goldsmith, "The recent volatility in prices could be a sign of things to come." With mining stocks outperforming ...

Asgard logs on to direct shares through Praemium

... chief executive, Geoff Lloyd, said, "This is all part of our plan to bring a next generation shares offering with enhanced trading, settlement and reporting capability to the market...It's all about 'making shares easy'." He said the tie-up heralds the ...

E*TRADE picks up HSBC Stockbroking

... the past two and half years to more than 240,000. Spork said there will be a transition phase with current HSBC online trading customers still entering through the HSBC website and being re-directed to E*TRADE's administration platform. "A number of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
... cent. LONDON - Leading UK shares closed higher but finished the week with a moderate loss as the market's recent choppy trading pattern persisted. The FTSE closed 14.9 points higher at 5764.6. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5687.04, down 20.55 points ...

Emerging markets out, Japan in

... profits since the country's economic meltdown in the early-1990s. The ratings agency said this is due to an increased in trading volumes as investors regained their confidence in the recovery of the domestic economy and the Japanese stock market. During ...