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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... open flat after positive showings on US and European bourses following upbeat German economic data. At 0633 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,747. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... the decision to dump Freedom Group, the company behind the Bushmaster rifle that was used at Sandy Hook, was taken on Wednesday. Investment committee chairman Harry Keiley said: "This latest incident, which occurred at a school and involved fellow educators ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... giant Carrefour and European airliner group Airbus. The euro advanced to $US1.3355 from $US1.3286 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Tokyo ending flat after a seesaw session that saw parts suppliers hit after global ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... news, both Santos and Woodside Petroleum are scheduled to release fourth quarter reports. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed half a per cent higher, buoyed by the big banks and a major restructure by Boral, one of the nation's biggest manufacturers. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... Australian shares have opened flat despite expectations of more interest rate cuts boosting banking stocks. At 1014 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,720.5 and the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... on Wall Street and most European markets following Germany's disappointing economic growth figures. At 0626 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 4,4681. Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) experienced ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... season. "I think the market is just waiting to see what comes out of the US earnings season," he said. In the US on Wednesday the Dow Jones industrial average gained 61.66 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 13,390.51, coming off of two days of losses. In Europe ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that there was nothing he could do if the US fell off the "fiscal cliff". At 1036 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,590.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Westpac Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank and Bank of Queensland hold annual general meetings. The market on Wednesday hit an 18-month high, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index adding 7.8 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 4,583.8 and the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have hit a new high for 2012, led by gains by mining companies. At 1032 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.6 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 4,599.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 23.9 ...