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Midday Market Wrap: Slightly weaker $A on quiet trading day

... dollar found some strength on better-than-expected unemployment figures overnight. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7391/96 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7417/22. Societe Generale Australia strategist John Horner said it ...

ASIC raids Steve Vizard's house following insider trading allegation

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2003
High-profile businessman Steve Vizard's house has been raided following insider trading allegations raised by his former bookkeeper. A spokesman for Mr Vizard today confirmed that Australian Federal Police officers acting on a warrant executed by the ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker after US dollar strengthens

... dollar found some impetus on better-than-expected unemployment figures overnight. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7398/03 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7417/22. The Australian dollar posted a high of $US0.7425 overnight. ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Domestic market finishes down after busy day

... finish in negative territory after a futures-related billion dollar-buying spree spurred the market at the opening of trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 7.3 points to 3224.1 while the all ordinaries index gave up 6.0 points to 3229.5 On the ...

Midday Market Wrap: AMP dominates local trade in lethargic market

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
... Australian share market at noon remained in positive territory after a slightly stronger US market overnight, with local trading dominated by the newly demerged AMP Ltd. AMP was trading at $4.79 as it began its life free of its ailing British businesses. ...

New AMP shares slump by more than $1.00 in early trade

... businesses. AMP's shares opened at $4.59, $1.18 lower than the $5.77 they closed at on Monday before entering a two-day trading halt. The stock today traded for the first time without including the value of AMP's British business, HHG plc, which will ...

Calpers files suit against NYSE for fraud

... Calpers, the biggest US public pension plan, has filed suit against the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and seven specialist trading firms for fraud, it has announced. "We have filed a multimillion-dollar law suit in the US District Court in the state ...

Midday Market wrap: $A weaker at noon, bonds firmer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon, as it retreated in local trading after hitting a new six-year high for the second consecutive session overnight. The local unit reached a peak of 74.55 US cents against the greenback early in the overnight ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... overnight as traders anticipated key US economic data would show inflation remained weak. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7432/37 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7436/41. It reached a six-year high of 74.55 US cents against the US ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar remains strong

... currency after the capture of former Iraqi leader Suddam Hussein proved shortlived. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7431/36 compared with yesterday's close of $US0.7388/94. Societe Generale Australia strategist John Horner said ...