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The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... less than expected 5.1 million annualised rate in June and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index remained in negative territory last month. Whoopsie! Sorry, I should have typed "because of" weak reports. Fed taper is data dependent, remember? Then ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... now seeing," he said. Telecommunications, health care, consumer discretionary and property have remained in positive territory as investors continued to prefer defensive exposure with yield in mind. Meanwhile, gold, miners, and materials were the laggards ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... came as a closely watched report said growth was moderate, helped calm nervous dealers as Wall Street ended in positive territory. Tokyo rose 1.32 per cent, or 193.46 points, to 14,808.50 as confident forex dealers pushed the dollar back above the 100 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... "The market's flat, but I think some of these strong reports from the miners will help the market to edge into positive territory," Mr Shamu said. Mr Shamu said iron ore in particular was a strong performer. "The market likes the (mining) result. It's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... gained 7.41 (0.21 per cent) at 3,607.49. Mr Chatterton said the local share market would likely spend the day in positive territory but the gains probably wouldn't be spectacular. "There's nothing really standing out at the moment," he said. "I think ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... stronger, with BHP Billiton up 64 cents to $32.25 and Rio Tinto up $1.03 to $53.07. Gold miner NewCrest was back in positive territory after several days of heavy selling, in line with the falling gold price. Its shares were up 37 cents at $10.11. The ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... motor vehicle sales came in better than market expectations. The ISM manufacturing index peeked back up into expansion territory (50.9) in June with the strong gain in new orders indicating even stronger readings in the coming months. Though the ISM ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... once? The ghost of China slowing. HSBC's China composite PMI - manufacturing and services - dipped into contraction territory for the first time in 10 months to 49.8 in June from 50.9 in May. The ghost of the European sovereign debt crisis. Portuguese ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... 1.09 (0.03 per cent) to 3,433.40. Stock markets had been higher for the early part of the day, but moved into negative territory in early afternoon as fresh clashes left several dead in Cairo and the government faced an ultimatum from the military. Oil ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Ordinaries index was down 85.7 points, or 1.79 per cent, to 4,689.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks spent the day in positive territory on generally strong manufacturing data, although leading indices closed well below their intraday highs. The Dow Jones ...