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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than 2.5 per cent higher with resources and banking among the best performers in response to a positive session on Wall Street. At 1024 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 112.3 points, or 2.73 per ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Central banks of the world unite! The going must be getting tough because the tough (central banks) got going. Six of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to continue its rally as world markets rose overnight on hopes of progress on Europe's debt crisis. At 0824 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was 26 points higher at 4,104. The market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher, despite the US market falling two per cent and while a strong survey of German business confidence did little to stop the major European bourses ending mostly lower. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Australian share market at noon on Wednesday was lower, dragged back by weaker resources and financial sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 25.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, lower at 4,107.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level in six weeks as ongoing debt problems in the US and Europe dampen risk sentiment on global markets. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said a raft of negative headlines last night pushed world financial ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?" The year 2011 is almost done and by the looks of it, it's turning out to be an annus horribilis for growth assets - equities and commodities - but a good year for defensive investments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower, following the overnight lead of Wall Street and the European markets. Investors appear cautious, tracking Italian and Greek political developments as the eurozone debt crisis rumbles into Spain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market had suffered its sharpest drop in almost two months by noon as investors took fright over the ongoing troubles in the Eurozone. Australia's major market indices were down nearly three per cent after talks collapsed in Greece ...