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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... well-entrenched in the slowly growing economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 61.23 points (0.51 per cent) to close at 11,983.24. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 11.82 points (0.44 per cent) to 2,686.15, while the S&P 500-stock index ...

Perpetual updates performance, remuneration

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The Perpetual Limited Annual General Meeting saw the firm admit financial performance needed to improve but said it was on the right track with talk of new products in the next financial year, as well as disclosure of the firm executive remuneration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... Paris, Frankfurt and Milan all jumped by 3.0 per cent or more, then fell back steadily before advancing strongly again by the close. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies gained 1.12 per cent at 5,545.64 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 jumped 2.73 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the positive lead of the Dow Jones overnight despite no sign US unemployment was letting up nor America's growth picking up substantially. At 0620 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... was one of the rare stocks to post a gain, as the spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,723.88, up from Tuesday's local close of $US1,718.53. Newcrest shares were up 68 cents, or two per cent, at $33.88. At 1211 AEDT, national turnover was 747.8 million ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... borrowing costs toward dangerously high levels on Tuesday. The yield on Italian 10-year bonds rose to around 6.2 per cent, close to its record of 6.397 per cent reached in August, reflected growing nerves over the outlook for Rome. The euro fell sharply ...

State Street expands Australian global markets team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
State Street Corporation is continuing to expand in Australia and New Zealand with two new senior appointments to its Australian global markets team. Sinclair Scholfield will head up the financial services provider's securities finance business, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower, following on from Monday's local close. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 39 points at 4,245. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was slightly lower at noon on Monday as investors took a breather from the recent strong rally and awaited the release of various economic data later in the week. Local stocks were still headed for the best month in 23 years. ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Chi-X Australia, the Australian stock exchange's first competitor and the country's first foreign-owned stock exchange operator, opened for business with a 'soft launch' today. Once this initial phase is completed, Chi-X will then move from trading ...