Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 581 - 590 of 961 results for "Traders"

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... local government cuts and a "solidarity tax" on high income earners in a bid to get out of a debt crisis. Mr Waterer said traders were now waiting for the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) August board meeting, due on Tuesday. "Locally ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... Australian Securities Exchange. Macqueen said institutions were looking for safer places to execute as high frequency traders had increased their activity in the market, seeking to make serious money from the volatility. "Its harder for long-only players ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... local government cuts and a "solidarity tax" on high income earners in a bid to get out of a debt crisis. Mr Burrowes said traders were now waiting for the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) August board meeting, due on Tuesday. "The RBA ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... becoming increasingly popular with mum-and-dad investors but ASIC has taken the view that their complexity means retail traders have a greater risk of running into trouble. He said ASIC was not trying to discourage retail investors but wanted to make ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... on Friday morning. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was weaker at noon as market sentiment improved, causing local traders to sell safe-haven bonds in favour of relatively riskier investments. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the September 10-year bond futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... to three per cent before recovering. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly fell but closed off their earlier lows as traders went bargain-hunting despite huge falls in Europe and on Wall Street. Tokyo closed 0.63 per cent, or 56.80 points, lower at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 101.47 (4.09 per cent) to 2,381.05. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said traders were cautious given the negative lead from Wall St and renewed concerns about eurozone debt. Overnight, French President ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... morning but during the day had started to recover and acted as a catalyst to turn market sentiment. Sellers retreated and traders shorting the market had to scramble to cover their positions by buying stock, causing equities to snap back hard. "It's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... 0.10 per cent to 5,917.08. The day showed falls as steep as four to six per cent, before bouncing back and stabilising. Traders also reacted to weak British industrial output data and rioting in London, which some analysts are blaming on the government's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... from Monday's local close of $US1,710.18. Ms Chan said that, for many market players, the events of 2008/09 were fresh in traders' minds. "You have to remember, (2008/09) was not so long ago, so it is very clear in people's minds what happened then and ...