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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on Friday. Resource stocks may decline after the price of commodities, including gold, oil and copper, fell late on Friday. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as resource stocks dragged the local bourse lower after commodity prices declined. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 18.9 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 3,449.2, while the broader All ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Financial planners can update their clients on the performance of their portfolios in an easy to read format just in time for Christmas after Decimal launched a $5 special 'financial health check' offer until the end of December. The special offer allows ...

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell overnight. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was down 36 points at 3,505. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was slightly higher at noon, slipping back from early gains due to lower commodity prices and more bad economic news. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.2 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 3,555, while the broader ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter - the slowest since December 2000. Is the glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight, although weaker metals prices could limit gains from the miners. At 0802 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has increased its interest in Malaysian joint venture AmAssurance by nearly 15 per cent but is pulling out of the life insurance part of the business. IAG announced on 1 December that it had pumped up its stake in AmAssurance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as the influence wore off from overnight gains on Wall Street, and the market digested domestic growth figures which suggested the Australian economy is heading towards contraction. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark ...