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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
... to track sideways after a lacklustre session on Wall St overnight, but stronger commodities prices could drive resources stocks higher. In New York, key indices ticked in both directions. The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index finished higher as investors ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... ran through most of last week. Higher base metals and precious metals prices at the weekend should also propel resource stocks, which ended last week on a softer note. On Friday, banks helped lift the Australian share market to a higher close, as jitters ...

Equity, bond and commodities all down in April: Mercer

... April, primarily on the back of softer commodity prices. Small Caps (-1.2%) lagged the Large Cap (-0.4%) and Mid Cap (+0.2%) stocks; with PM Capital as the best Small performer with 1.2% return

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
US stocks ended near the unchanged mark on Thursday as investors digested mixed earnings reports and weaker-than-expected manufacturing data. The Dow Jones industrial average was down just 0.07 of a point at 9937.64. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Market Wrap

... from Wednesday's close at 3378. The slide on Wall Street came despite some upbeat earning news from major US technology stocks which had helped drive the Dow Jones Industry index more than 100 points higher midway through the session. But oil prices ...

Russell Investment Group goes aggressive with Australian shares fund

... specialist high risk/high return strategies such as short selling, holding concentrated portfolios and investing in small cap stocks. Director of Russell's institutional business in Australia, Stephen Roberts, said the new Russell Australian Shares Aggressive ...

AAP Market Wrap

... Reynolds & Co client adviser Steven Negrine said the banks were "hammered" in early trades. "There's selling in the bank stocks like there's no tomorrow," he said. The ANZ fare the worst, losing 57 cents or more than three per cent to $17.60 as it went ...

Aust business conditions broadly unchanged in April - NAB

... been maintained into the early part of the June quarter. "Other key near term activity measures, such as forward orders, stocks and capacity utilisation, were also broadly unchanged in the April survey - as was the overall level of business confidence," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
... markets. The Australian stock market finished in the red yesterday, with weakness among banks, resources and construction stocks weighing down the bourse. Leighton Holdings shares lost more than 22% to hit the lowest level in nearly three years after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2004
stocks sank on Wednesday as concerns about rising interest rates and heightened tensions in Iraq, along with worries about China 's efforts to cool its red-hot economy, overshadowed investors'recent enthusiasm about strong corporate profits. Shares ...