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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Industrial Average ended the day 9.45 points higher, by 0.09 per cent, at 10,402.35, posting its fourth day of gains in the holiday-shortened week. The technology-rich Nasdaq composite index rose 2.16 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 2,243.87, and the broad-market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Monday and despite the lack of a lead from Wall Street, with US markets closed overnight for the President's Day public holiday. Ms Saly said the European Union had provided some clarity about its plan for Greece's financial woes, which had helped to ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
AMP continues on its path away from a commission-based fee model, testing the waters by removing the in-built commissions within the AMP Growth Bond fund. It's a small step for AMP given that the fund is new but, if the strategy works, it could become ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... with little to guide it other than a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday and mostly softer base metals prices. A public holiday in the US on Monday also had traders reluctant to take positions. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 16.6 points, or 0.36 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... because no direction would come from the US overnight, where the market is closed on Monday for the President's Day public holiday. "It's relatively quiet and will be around Asia, as well, because it's Chinese New Year," Mr Foulsham said. "The big miners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... $HK59.62 billion ($A8.74 billion). Market-watchers expected the market to move in a tight range ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that begins on Saturday. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed marginally higher. The benchmark NZX-50 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to open weaker on Wednesday after the Australia Day public holiday, with Wall Street losing ground in late trade to post a decline. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... and oil [companies] are also weaker," Mr Russell said. "I expect it to be a quiet day ahead of the Australia Day public holiday." ANZ was down 54 cents, or 2.38 per cent, at $22.11, Commonwealth Bank had lost 85 cents, or 1.52 per cent, at $54.90, Westpac ...

RBF-Tasmania CEO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... and managing director of Synergy Capital Management. Gillies also has experience as director of Garrisons. After a short holiday, Gillies expects to return to Sydney to seek new job opportunities. He could not be reached for a phone interview by the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Kraft. European shares rose after Wall Street opened higher as trading resumed in New York following a three-day national holiday weekend. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares rose 18.75 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 5,513.14 points. FRANKFURT ...