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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... hit, with BHP Billiton was down 51 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $35.19, while Rio Tinto shed $1.38 to hit $61.78. "Some traders are saying that the 'bubble has burst,'" said IG Market's market strategist Stan Shamu. Shares in Bluescope Steel are in a trading ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... lifted energy shares" but it's scratching it's head why the price of a barrel of oil by US$4 per barrel overnight. "...traders struggled to explain, citing renewed jitters over Iran, expectations of further monetary easing and possibly computer-driven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... points, or 1.6 per cent, at 12,184.26. It's up 1.4 per cent for the week. Bank stocks led the market higher, reflecting traders' optimism about Europe's progress toward solving its crisis. Citigroup Inc. rose 3.7 per cent, Morgan Stanley 3.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... wider range of collateral for loans in a bid to support eurozone banks. But ECB chief Mario Draghi poured cold water on traders' hopes that it would announce plans to step up a program of major bond purchases to help ailing eurozone countries, sending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... as differences emerged between European officials struggling to craft a debt-crisis deal ahead of this week's summit. Traders hope European leaders will agree by Friday to link their budgets more closely. France and Germany have called on them to renegotiate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... money, and losing it would mean it would cost billions more to fund bailouts. European markets mostly fell on the news. Traders are looking ahead to a crucial summit of European leaders that wraps up Friday. They hope to see more concrete solutions to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Italians they had to make sacrifices and said he was renouncing his own salary as prime minister in a gesture of solidarity. "Traders and investors are going to be a bit nervous about being caught short on good news from the European front," Mr Spooner ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Ordinaries index added 58.2 points, or 1.36 per cent, to 4,346.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street stock markets flat-lined on Friday as traders focused on the negatives in a mixed jobs report and worried about Europe's ability to respond to a growing eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... labor report, which comes out on Friday. Economists forecast that the unemployment rate will remain at nine per cent. Traders took little encouragement on Thursday from a stronger manufacturing report. The Institute for Supply Management said that manufacturing ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... points, or 4.33 per cent, to 1,246.96. The Nasdaq composite index jumped 104.83 points, or 4.17 per cent, to 2,620.34. Some traders cautioned that Wednesday's action doesn't address the fundamental problems posed by heavily indebted European nations. ...