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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slid as investors sold off financial shares on fears that funding for leveraged buyouts could dry up and hurt bank profits. Base metals were up in London. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market remained stronger at noon, with resources stocks leading the way after commodity prices rose overnight and US stocks finished higher. At 1225 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.2 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 5,403.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today. While Wall Street was down marginally and based metals were buoyant, at 0708 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 46 points to 5,702. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today, taking a positive lead from the US overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 55 points to 5,608, on a volume of 5612 contracts. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas. Stocks on Wall Street overnight rallied, then fell again on disappointing sales figures from Macy's Inc and a warning by a Federal Reserve official that inflation was still a key concern. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was up almost two per cent at noon following a strong start to morning trade, after the US capped off its best week in five years on Friday and speculation mounted over the future of market leader Rio Tinto Ltd. At 1207 AEDT ...

Tricom a day late on settlements

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Stockbroker Tricom Equities yesterday failed to settle all trades relating to its share trading activities from the middle of last week. The Herald Sun reported that Tricom notified the Australian Securities Exchange and other market participants that ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals that senior executives have replaced terrorism with risk of energy supply as a primary concern in 2008. Leading oil-importing economies that share these concerns meet today in the Swiss resort ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night. CommSec managing director Matt Comyn, speaking late ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
The Australian share market looks set to continue its run in the red today after more falls on Wall Street. In London, base metal prices generally were down. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0824 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was ...