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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was flat at noon on low volumes as traders and investors searched for reasons to ignite a rally. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index opened 0.18 per cent lower, but by 1200 AEDT was up just one point, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,734.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... per cent, at 4746.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, led by industrial and mining companies as traders eyed the knock-on affects of higher metal and commodity demand and Japanese reconstruction. The Dow was dragged upward by aluminum ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... the levels we haven't seen since before the Japanese disaster." Overnight, oil prices pushed above $US105 per barrel, as traders focused on international crises in Libya and Yemen that could threaten global supplies at a time when consumption is tipped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... - Europe's main stock markets closed lower on Tuesday, with London hit by profit-taking and poor economic data, while traders kept a keen eye on developments in Japan and Libya. The British capital's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... lost more than a third of a US cent, after the UN Security Council voted to approve a no-fly zone over Libya. Currency traders were soon heartened after a joint statement from G-7 officials saying that the United States, Britain, Canada and the European ...

ASX builds rival platform take on Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The ASX is set to introduce its own new products for equity traders as it loses its hold on Australian equities trading and prepares for the new competitive market starting later this year. Reacting to the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... safety has caused yields to plunge. Australia and Canada led the FX decline while the dollar and the yen outperformed as traders reverted to a risk-off commodity dumping mentality in the FX markets. Tim Murphy, co-head of fund research at Morningstar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... after a scheduled day of protests in Saudi Arabia only drew a few hundred people, and the capital remained quiet. Oil traders have been worried the violence in the Middle East and North Africa would spread to the world's No 1 oil exporter. The earthquake ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Thursday as eurozone debt fears sparked by a credit downgrade to Spain overshadowed news of positive company earnings, traders said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dropped 1.55 per cent to 5,845.29 points, while in Paris, the CAC 40 slid 0.75 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... and change of the oil market, as concerns about events in Libya and a lack of indicators provided little direction for traders. Lingering Middle East unrest and resurfacing euro-area debt concerns weighed on the market, which had risen strongly on Tuesday. ...