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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... a mostly positive lead from Wall Street, with the focus for the week ahead expected to be on sales figures due from two major retailers. Both Woolworths Ltd and Coles owner Wesfarmers Ltd are due to report third quarter sales this week, which may help ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... The local bourse opened flat, but slipped into negative territory during the morning with broad-based weakness across the major sectors. Among the poorer-performing sectors, healthcare companies were down 0.97 per cent, and industrial stocks were 0.75 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... 4,972.4. NEW YORK - Financial stocks fell broadly on Thursday, left out of a late lift that pared earlier losses for most major stock indices. Goldman Sachs dropped nearly three per cent after Sen. Carl Levin said a panel he leads found new evidence ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... was down 77 cents, around 1.5 per cent, at $47.81, while Rio Tinto had slipped 96 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $84.75. The major retail banks were weaker, too. ANZ fell 27 cents to $24.05, CBA had declined 42 cents to $52.47, NAB was down 11 cents at $26.33 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... heavyweight BHP Billiton fell 47 cents, or 0.96 per cent to $48.42, while Rio Tinto decreased $1.04, or 1.2 per cent to $85.96. Major banks were mixed, with Westpac leading the sector and gaining 19 cents, or 0.77 per cent to $24.73. In news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... up 10 cents at $5.33 after it reported double-digit growth in revenue in the March quarter. On Wall Street overnight, the major indices closed mixed, with traders concerned about the effect of higher oil and food costs on corporate margins. The Dow Jones ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Crude futures traded at US$112 per barrel on Tuesday, held stubbornly above the US$100 mark by the ongoing war in Libya. A major medium-term risk was the projected rise of real interest rates, he said. At 1 per cent real interest rates were unsustainably ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... increasing by only 2.4 per cent. Inflation, elevated oil prices and persistent high unemployment in the developed economies are major risks. No substantial change from its January 2011 assessment really. Been there! Significant market moving factors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Leighton forecast downgrade and capital raising," Ms Chan said. "They have just ignored that completely." Ms Chan said the major retail banks were weaker, perhaps due to some investors switching out of finance stocks and into materials and energy. ANZ ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite eased 3.68 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 2,796.14. On the local market, there were no major movers of note in opening trade, Mr Spooner said. ASX Ltd remained in a trading halt after Treasurer Wayne Swan announced he ...