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Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... broker Anthony Anderson said a weak lead from Wall Street and falling metal prices had affected the local market. "It's a pretty average day," Mr Anderson said. "The 60 per cent fall in Asciano's share price has really weighed down on the banks." The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... below their international cost of supply," Mr Wright said. "In five to six years down the track, there are going to be some pretty severe supply problems." Banks were mixed. ANZ was higher by 39 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $19.19, while National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Craig Walker said lower base metal prices had seen market heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio lose ground today. "It's a pretty simple story really... Base metals were up substantially a couple of nights ago, but they were never going to be able to hold ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... pressure on the big funds, particularly the very conservative part of the market [like Perpetual, AXA and Challenger] that are pretty much on par with bank term deposits," said Dugald Higgins, operations manager at PIR. "No doubt we are going to see ...

More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... market - and the phenomenon shows no sign of stopping soon. Overall, Mahoney argues that the insurance industry has done "pretty well" compared to the investment banking industry, but at the heart of more troubled waters is the issue of depleting assets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... with expectations and that I think has stabilised or been a positive influence across the financial sector today. "It's a pretty decent market. I'm not saying we're all off to the races again but at least it's a positive day." NAB, which today reported ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... capitulation today. "We've seen the market fall below quite a psychological level today, being the 4000 barrier, which is pretty important for the market," Mr Lewis said. "It has bounced back a little bit since then but going below that is the lowest ...

Bill failed, what next?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the opposite. "I've been advising my clients all year to sit tight. Get cash behind you and wait. But now, I think we're pretty close to the bottom so if you just buy the top 10 shares on the ASX and hold them in the next five years, you'll make a lot ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... of 24,470 contracts. At 1215 AEST, the All Ordinaries market capitalisation had fallen about $45 billion. "We are seeing pretty severe selling right across the board," Commonwealth Securities equity economist Savanth Sebastian said. But Aequs Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Institutional dealer, Ric Klusman, said that, despite the market chaos, the Australian exchange could be a lot worse. "We're doing pretty well really," Mr Klusman said. "Don't forget that we have fallen close to ten per cent in the last week, so we've ...