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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... analyst Cameron Peacock said the local market had unexpectedly turned around at open after plummeting 1.7 per cent at Monday's close. "Perhaps because of the 1.7 per cent loss yesterday people are seeing buying opportunities," he said. "Markets have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... fourth-largest economy may require a bailout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from a loss of over 200 points to close at 12,721.46, down 101.11 points, or 0.79 per cent, putting in a second straight day in negative territory. The S&P 500 ...

Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... a co-managed vehicle, he said. "We have been talking to investors for a little whole and once we get enough demand for a close on a fund we will do that." Babson - one of the world's largest managers of United States leveraged bonds - has also recently ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... fund agreed last December to sell its majority stake in MLSE in a deal worth C$1.32 billion (A$1.26 billion) expected to close later this year. Teachers' is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada with around C$117bn (A$112bn) in net assets. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished the week down around one per cent. At 0755 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,144. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Commonwealth Bank was 43 cents weaker at $55.47. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1582.18 per fine ounce, up $2.47 on Thursday's close of $US1,579.71. At 1054 AEST, national turnover was 328 million securities worth $658 million, with 270 stocks up ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... transmission pipeline services and ancillary services," said Rod Sims, ACCC chairman. "After careful consideration, including close consultation with the relevant industry players, the ACCC formed the view that, while there were concerns, they did not ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than 2% at the close of yesterday's trade on the very day that the National Australia Bank (NAB) business (trading, profitability, employment) conditions ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... expected downbeat report to Congress, would also outline fresh stimulus measures for the flagging US economy. By the European close, no such measures were forthcoming, disappointing investors here and in New York. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... speaking at the Australian Economic Forum. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1573.30 per fine ounce, down $8.23 on Wednesday's close of $US1581.53. At 1020 AEST, national turnover was 336 million securities worth $853 million, with 343 stocks up, 132 ...