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Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries end day on higher note

The All Ordinaries ended trading this afternoon gaining 9.2 points or a little less than a third of one per cent. Hong Kong stocks rose over a percent, but the clear winner in today's trading was Tokyo's Nikkei index which gained over 3.1% in value ...

Building approvals rise 2.1% for July: ABS

Building approvals across Australia during the month of July was 15,029, a rise of 2.1 per cent from June's figure and a rise of 3.7% for the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The Bureau also said that the approvals for private ...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei rises to highest level since July 2002

All ordinaries increased slightly in trading this morning, rising higher by 0.33 per cent almost mirroring the 0.44% rise in the US Dow Jones index over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Tokyo based Nikkei index rose significantly (1.7%) in this morning's ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares make further ground

The Australian share market opened strongly, only to see early gains erode as the morning session wore on. At midday the All Ordinaries had settled back to 3,201.4, some 4.5 points up on last night's close, but down from early highs of 3,210. The gains ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end modestly higher

The All Ordinaries closed 6.0 points higher at 3,202.9, supported by a further round of strong corporate earnings results. Gains were relatively broad-based, although the major banks all ended lower on the day. AMP closed 32c higher at $6.67, while ...

July's trade deficit widens to nearly $2.4 billion: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said that Australia's balance on goods and services in its international trade stood at a deficit of $2.40 billion, at July, a fall of 15 per cent compared with the previous month's figures. Exports of goods ...

Former WA directors banned by ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Alwyn Robert Healy and Richard Douglas Wheeler, of Wanneroo WA, from managing any company for five years. Messrs Healy and Wheeler were both directors of the failed companies Healy ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds shrug off strong data

US share markets ended the session only marginally higher, despite further evidence the economic recovery is gathering momentum. Earlier in the day the Conference Board announced its index of consumer confidence jumped 4.3 points to 81.3 in August ...

Morning market wrap: US shares broadly steady

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2003
Major US share market indexes ended narrowly mixed, hampered by thin volumes and a renewed rise in bond yields. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.2 points (0.3%) to close at 9,317.6, while the broader S&P 500 inched up by less than a point to ...

Direct property outperforms trusts in past quarter: FSPI

The Australian property sector provided a total return of 2.6% in the three months to July, according to the latest Financial Standard Property Indices (FSPI), released today. But, in contrast to the full year to July, during which listed property trusts ...