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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar firms in early Asian trade

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, firming in early Asian trade after falling alongside the euro overnight. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7392/97 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7363/73. The Australian dollar fell to ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
More than 20,000 jobs were created in November, new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall ...

Consumer inflation expectations fall in December, at six month lows

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
Consumer expectations of inflation over the coming year fell for the second consecutive month to hit six-year lows in December at 3.1 per cent. The Melbourne Institute consumer inflationary expectations survey found 25 per cent of respondents believed ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

The Australian share market remained slightly lower at noon following a weaker session in offshore markets overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 4.1 points at 3207.1, while the all ordinaries index was 3.5 points lower at ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker on US unit comeback

The Australian dollar was weaker at the open following an overnight US dollar comeback triggered by an improved US economic outlook. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7394/99 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7397/02. It reached a high ...

Midday Market Wrap: Stocks weaker at noon

The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon, as it looked for positives following a negative lead from Wall Street overnight. By 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 5.3 points lower at 3213.5 while the all ordinaries index fell ...

AMP expected to reveal rights offer details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
Financial services group AMP Ltd is expected to reveal next week if its $1.2 billion rights offer suffered a shortfall. Some market watchers fear AMP might have had trouble attracting enough investors to its rights offer, which closed last night. An ...

HHG to be added to indexes

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced changes to various Australian equity market indexes, pending the successful demerger of the AMP group. Effective from the close of business on 17 December 2003, HHG PLC will be added to the both the S&P/ASX ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits new six-year high

The Australian dollar posted a new six year high above 74 US cents overnight ahead of the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) decision to leave interest rates unchanged. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7414/19 compared with yesterday's close ...

AMP shareholders vote in favour of demerger proposal

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2003
AMP Ltd shareholders today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the troubled financial services group spinning off its ailing British business from its Australasian operations. More than 300 shareholders turned up to a special meeting in Sydney to vote ...