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Midday market report: Shares surge higher on US data

The Australian stock market opened higher today following a surge by stocks on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 16.6 points higher at 3273.1 in early trade while the all ordinaries index had leapt 20.0 points to 3273.1. Overnight ...

Midday Market Report: RBA meeting nerves prompts lacklustre trading

The Australian share market continued its slide to noon, in lacklustre trading dragged down by resource stocks and nervousness over tomorrow's meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia board. By 1209 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 15.3 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Banks lead local shares lower

... cent down to $1.44, Foodland weakened five cents to $19.15 while Woolworths firmed three cents to $11.12. The resource stocks shone today with global miner BHP Billiton climbing 28 cents to $11.72 and Rio Tinto moving 56 cents ahead to $35.65. WMC Resources ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; ASX retreats from early gains

... retreated from early gains to be weaker at noon. The local bourse started the day in positive territory, buoyed by resource stocks, good company results in recent days and a mild upswing in United States equities overnight. But the market quickly turned ...

Agribusiness conditions improve marginally for the September quarter: NAB survey

... costs remained contained. The survey also said employment growth had remained weak during the quarter, whilst agribusiness stocks were run-up significantly, capital spending had also risen, whilst capacity utilisation had moderated further to ease to ...

Morning Market Report: US GDP surges at 7.2%; Dollar hits $US0.7100 overnight

US stocks rose on Thursday afternoon as investors welcomed surprisingly strong growth in the US economy. The market spiked briefly in early trading after a report showed US gross domestic product surged at a 7.2 per cent annual rate in the July-September ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares close higher

The Australian share market delivered a solid performance to finish higher today, driven by gains in resource stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 10.4 points at 3273.8, while the all ordinaries added 9.9 points to 3284.6. In resources ...

Morning market Wrap: US Fed Reserve holds rates steady

US stocks held onto their earlier gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates steady at 45-year lows, as expected. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64 points to 9672, after briefly rising more than 80 points from Monday's ...

Opis Capital receives 'approved' rating from Zenith

... active and has no intended style bias, however, in our assessment the process favours investment in smaller capitalisation stocks," Zenith said in a statement. "While Opis' approach to portfolio construction places no emphasis on either stock or sector ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market slips into negative

... Ms Morrissey said. By 1213 AEDT ANZ was 13 cents lower at $18.17 with a massive 13.4 million shares traded. In New York, stocks rose in active trading volume as two multi-billion dollar takeover deals encouraged investors to buy stocks in a vote of confidence ...