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ALP to lift veil on super strategy

... Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) in December. The full package will be released at the ALP national congress in January. Labor's proposals are expected to highlight fundamental differences with the government on approaches to lift ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares close higher

... the US dollar returned to strength. In addition to US GDP figures, US Treasury secretary John Snow is due to testify to Congress on international economic and exchange rate policies, and both were expected to determine the near-term direction of the ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weak waiting for US GDP results

... looked like remaining relatively quiet ahead of tonight's data and testimony from US Treasury secretary John Snow to Congress. He is expected to testify about the US dollar and its recent downwards path. ANZ senior currency strategist Craig Ferguson ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

US bond yields jumped sharply higher overnight, continuing the sell-off that began in earnest with Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's Congressional testimony last week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond rose 21 basis points to 4.21%, and ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds claw back losses

... yields edged lower overnight, clawing back some of the losses prompted by Alan Greenspan's upbeat semi-annual testimony to Congress. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell 6 points to 3.92%, while the yield on the 5-year bond was down 5 points to ...

Midday market wrap: Australian bonds hammered

The Australian bond market was sharply weaker Wednesday morning, following overnight Congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. Despite pledging to maintain the fed funds rate at low levels 'for a considerable time', bond ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds crunched by Greenspan

US bond yields spiked higher after Fed chairman Alan Greenspan presented to Congress an upbeat view of US economic prospects over the balance of 2003 and for 2004. Reassurances the Fed would hold the funds rate low "for a considerable time" were ignored ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares modestly higher

The Australian share market opened modestly higher, following another night of strong gains in US markets. At midday, the All Ordinaries index was 7.9 points higher at 3,061.3. The major banks all posted good advances in morning trade, while News Corporation ...

Morning market wrap: US shares make further gains

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2003
US shares ended higher Monday, buoyed by solid earnings results from banks Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. The second quarter earnings season commences in earnest later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 57.6 points (0.6%) to ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares quiet in late trade

The Australian share market traded quietly in the afternoon session, with the All Ordinaries eventually finishing 7.6 points higher at 3,061.0. The advance was led by the banking and resources sectors, and followed gains overnight in US and European ...