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Morningstar offers proprietary research on US stocks to the Australian market

Morningstar has announced today that it is offering sophisticated proprietary research on US stocks to the Australian market. The research house said that Select Equity research combines insightful assessments of a stock's business and management profile ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

... will deliver on analyst forecasts. In local trade, gains were led by News Corporation, up 8c to $11.67, and major resource stocks. Rio was up 14c to $30.58, while BHP Biliton added 7c to $9.32. The four major banks were also stronger. At $US0.6515, the ...

Midday market wrap: Australian bonds weaker

... investors have interpreted as consistent with a strengthening in US economic growth in the second half of the year. Australian stocks also took the lead from the US overnight, opening over half a percent lower. Losses were broadbased, and included major ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... third consecutive monthly increase. Amid the collapse in bonds and a rush of generally supportive earnings reports, US stocks also lost ground from Friday's close. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 91.5 points (1.0%) to close at 9,096.7, while the ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares extend losses

... points from last night's close. Losses were broadbased, including the four major banks and even more cyclically-oriented stocks such as News Corporation, Telstra, Rio and BHP-Billiton. Share markets around the globe have been undermined by a sharp sell-off ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

... opened 8c higher at $$11.83, while among the banks CBA was the star performer rising 22c to $30.80. Blue chip resource stocks were mixed, with Rio among those to lose ground at the open, down 5c at $30.78. The Australian bond market also softened slightly ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares drift lower

... market to finish slightly higher, with the big four banks all posting modest gains on the day. By contrast, major resource stocks Rio and BHP Billiton both ended the day a little lower, while News Corporation also shed earlier gains to finish 1c lower ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares weaker

The Australian share market traded lower Friday morning, following a sharp sell-off overnight in US technology stocks. The Nasdaq composite index ended the US session down nearly 3%, as earnings from Nokia and IBM failed to excite investors. Local losses ...

Morning market wrap: Tech sector drags US stocks lower

US stocks fell Thursday, as the market overlooked favourable economic data and focused on disappointing earnings news from tech bellwethers IBM and Nokia. The Nasdaq composite index suffered its biggest percentage fall in two months, losing 50.0 points ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares struggle towards the black

... news from Nokia and IBM. Hardest hit were the major banks, with the ANZ shedding almost one per cent in value. Resource stocks closed a little lower, while News Corporation gained 2c to $11.75. The Australian dollar was rangebound in lacklustre afternoon ...