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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... At the same time, a spike in the dollar pushed commodity prices sharply lower, hurting stocks of energy companies and materials producers. At one stage, the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen 185 points from a 15-month high, its biggest drop since ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... hour, and it's really the financials sector that is dragging down the broader market," Mr Lewis said. "Those big cap materials stocks are not providing much resistance." Mr Lewis said profit-takers had hit banks and financials in a cautious move by investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... the flat mark Wednesday as concerns about mounting debt levels around the world ate into gains in shares of energy and materials companies. The back-and-forth trading came as investors grew cautious about government debt in Spain, Greece and other countries. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... shares may open little changed after mixed leads from US markets. Commodity stocks may decline after the price of raw materials slipped overnight as the US dollar rose. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... not yet available to Australian investors. The ETFs provide exposure to Chinese energy, infrastructure, financials, materials and the CSI 300 Index. Nick Good, chief executives at iShares Asia Pacific, said investors could now access the specific sectors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... boost for the first half hour, but afterwards, it has bounced up and down," Mr Taylor said. "Lately, we've seen the materials and energy sectors holding the market up when it's positive, but there has been very little conviction anywhere else. "It's ...

Beware consumer staples: Lincoln

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... Overall, financials, consumer discretionary and telecommunication services represent the healthiest sectors in the market. Materials, energy and health care made up the bottom of the barrel as the least healthy sectors.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Choice Ltd and Ramsay Health Care Ltd. The Agriculture Outlook Australia 2009 forum begins in Sydney, while the Bulk Materials Handling 2009 conference begins in Brisbane. On Monday, bullish comments about Christmas sales by retailer Gerry Harvey and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... said. "In Australia, all bar one of the sectors are in the red, with most of the points coming out of the financial, materials and industrials, and they were the big falls in the US, as well. "The slew of weaker than expected economic data in the US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon on gains in the materials sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 43.6 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,773, while the broader All Ordinaries had risen 40.8 points, or 0.86 per cent ...