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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... on Thursday, while the HIA new home sales figures for October are also due out. The mining giants opened mixed after commodity prices fell overnight. BHP Billiton, which holds its annual general meeting on Thursday, dropped seven cents to $33.93 while ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... sector wages and delay some payments. Fears surrounding the US's credit worthiness would weaken global markets and plunge commodity prices. However, investment professionals at UBS say that this outcome is too unthinkable and too costly to the global ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... IPOs delivered high short-term returns, he said. "However, in the current environment of low credit growth, moderating commodity prices and weak investor sentiment, both economic and capital activity will be subdued. "Investors should be looking for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
The Australian market has opened higher, led by gains on Wall Street and higher commodity prices. At 1019 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4,485.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... exposure to core emerging market strategies that closely reflect the main indices. In an effort to diversify away from the commodity cycle and evolve portfolios, many are looking for different strategies for their emerging markets allocations, said Mothoneos. ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... is due to release the trade price indexes for the September quarter, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) index of commodity prices for October is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market opened higher following surging European markets and higher commodity prices. At 1022 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,497.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... was down 1.5 cents at $4.545 and Suncorp was down five cents at $9.44. The resources sector was slightly weaker, after commodity prices fell overnight. BHP was down eight cents at $33.75 and Rio Tinto had shed 48 cents to $56.44. The banks were mostly ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... excess of the 40-year average, falling unemployment and a 7% rise in the ASX by mid-2014. While a high dollar and falling commodity prices could strain the mining sector, a change in leadership in China and subsequent stimulus measures are likely to ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... less than the A$1.5 bil predicted in the May Budget. But this is to be expected given soft conditions abroad and weak commodity prices in the middle of this year. Weaker conditions that have prompted the Treasury to revise its 2012/13 Australian economic ...