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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar continues to climb

... which are continuing to buoy into these multi-year highs and it doesn't look to be abating any time soon." In Sydney today, stocks should move higher as the market digests yesterday's domestic interest rate hike and a raft of positive economic news from ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares surge higher

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
The Australian share market bounded firmly ahead today, propelled by banks and key resources stocks as well as a rally by industrial heavyweight Brambles. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 27.6 points higher at 3215.3 while the all ordinaries index ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market closes firmer

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... 3.3 point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 12,618 contracts by 1613 AEDT. In the United States overnight, stocks jumped to 18-month highs on Monday, as investors welcomed a report showing US factories barreled ahead in November at their ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market fiirm despite weak banking sector

... rate sensitive stock were holding back the Australian bourse, after a strong run on Wall St overnight. "All the cyclical stocks which benefit from a strong economy are doing well but it's the interest rate sensitive stocks which are under pressure," ...

NAB predicts a 25bps increase in interest rates by the RBA

... from the third quarter GDP growth whilst the business indicators release showed a larger than expected 2.3% build up in stocks, which will contribute 0.2% to the third quarter GDP. The report also said that company profits were also much stronger than ...

Morning Market Wrap: New six-year high for dollar

... market broke higher and the bond market was lower as people were excited about global growth, he said. In Sydney today, stocks should push ahead following upbeat sessions on offshore markets overnight amid signs of a strong economic recovery in the United ...

Current account deficit improves in September quarter after some exports recover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... September quarter, with gross operating profits up 7.6 per cent, making up for the previous quarter's 6.7 per cent fall. Stocks in warehouses rose 2.3 per cent, allowing for seasonal influences, to be five per cent higher than the same time last year ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market slips into the red

The Australian stock market slipped into the red by noon today as the weakness in bank stocks offset a positive resource and energy sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was five points down to 3185.9 by 1205 AEDT while the all ordinaries index fell ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close mixed

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
... 500 Index climbed 1.81 points to 1053.9. But the technology-laden Nasdaq dipped 4.1 points to 1943.0 as investors sold stocks still floating near the year's highs. Stock Move Price AMP -0.030 5.930 ANZ Bank -0.260 16.980 BHPBilton -0.050 11.100 CBA +0.110 ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares close firmer

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
The Australian share market closed firmer today, as resource stocks led the march higher after gains on offshore markets overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 20.5 points higher at 3192.0 while the all ordinaries index added 21.7 points to ...