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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... 68.67 points to 15,963.77, but trade was thin because of a public holiday in the United States on Monday and ahead of a trading debut by Bank of China on Thursday. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher on modest turnover, taking its ...

MacBank launches commodities only fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... to operate the fund. MFM division director, Louise Walker, said TCG will take an active, "non-directional" approach to trading commodities "We will be separating the index replication process from the alpha trading strategies, enabling us to offer a ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Investor anxiety ebbed slightly over the course of last week's financial market trading activity with both volatility and risk aversion easing from heightened levels. Inflation fears kept investors on tenterhooks over the past fortnight amid concern ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... the Nasdaq suffering its longest losing streak in 12 years, as concern about higher interest rates kept investors wary. Trading was volatile, with the three major indexes wavering between negative and positive through most of the session. The Dow Jones ...

CARE Super opens ASX200 trading for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
Industry super fund CARE Super has announced a new investment option which will allow members to actively invest in ASX200 stocks. Macquarie Equities Limited will provide the functionality and members with account balances of over $10,000 will be able ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Interest rate concerns dominated last week's trading activity after the US Federal Reserve, as expected, announced another 25 basis point tightening in monetary policy, taking the federal funds rate target to 5 per cent. Investors' concerns were not ...

Director pleads guilty to ASIC allegations

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... alleges that Tracy made false and misleading statements to Macquarie International Capital Adviser Pty Ltd concerning the trading history of Endeavour. ASIC alleges these fraudulent statements were given with the intention of securing Endeavour a role ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... June gasoline settled up 12.28 US cents at $US2.1694 per gallon. June heating oil settled up 6.96 US cents at $US2.0647. Trading sources said ConocoPhillips' Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, was running at reduced rates just as Valero reported ...

AMP puts pedal to the metal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... super savings. Some commentators believe the possibility of a windfall may be behind some of the positive sentiment in trading on AMP and other superannuation related companies.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... March quarter business and agribusiness surveys. NEW YORK - US stocks fell, reversing course just before the end of the trading session, hurt by worries that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates longer than expected, weighing on financial shares ...