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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Industrial Average pulled back from triple-digit advances and rose 80.91 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 12,100.33. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 28.40 points, or 1.08 per cent, to 2,655.33, while the broader S&P 500-stock index gained 12.83 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.61 point, or 0.01 per cent, to end the session at 12,019.42. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.73 point, or 0.03 per cent, to 2,626.93, while the S&P 500, a broader measure of the markets ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... system, and retailers also rose sharply. LONDON - European stocks and the euro rebounded sharply after days of sustained heavy losses, with investors snapping up bargains despite a welter of what would normally be bad news. Dealers said a report that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Stockbroking senior dealer Jamie Spiteri said the Australian bourse was relatively steady on Thursday, but that was mainly due to heavy falls in value of about two per cent on Wednesday. "Markets are just bracing themselves for an ongoing short-term ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... restricts to 3% the proportion of tier one capital that banks can invest into hedge funds and private equity and places heavy limits on the extent to which banks can trade on their own account. While the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency estimates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... 11,548.14 in closing trade. The broad-based S&P 500 index was down 22.54 points (1.85 per cent) to 1,193.11, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 49.25 (1.91 per cent) to 2,523.25. LONDON - European stocks have closed down sharply and the euro has ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
A heated panel session between government and industry heavyweights about the FOFA reforms led to calls for a realistic debate and new government promises, with opt-in dominating the discussion. In a session at the Financial Planning Association's annual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... Friday to 11,796.2 in closing trade. The broad-based S&P 500 edged down 0.48 point (0.04 per cent) to 1215.65, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 15.49 points (0.60 per cent) 2572.50. Markets got a slight lift from a jump in the Conference Board's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... (1.13 per cent) to 11,770.70 at settlement. The broad-based S&P 500 eased 20.78 (1.68 per cent) to 1,216.13, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 51.62 (1.96 per cent) to 2,587.99. LONDON - European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a ...