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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... to $37.59 and Rio Tinto gained $4.01, or 3.22 per cent, to $128.51. Overnight, US stocks rose 0.3 per cent, led by financials, with the Dow Jones industrial average gaining 35.50 points to 12,145.74 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 6.71 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... 5,135.9, while the broader All Ordinaries slipped 118.4 points to 5,215.7. NEW YORK - US stocks rose 0.5 per cent, led by financials, as credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said write-downs in financial institutions are likely past the halfway mark. ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... where the stock market started to recover'. "By December, corporate profits will have most of the bad news out and financials will start improving relative to the market."

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... 5134.2 while the broader All Ordinaries lost 64.6 points to 5211.1. NEW YORK - US stocks surged 3.55 per cent, led by financials, after the Federal Reserve said it would inject up to $US200 billion into tight credit markets in coordination with other ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... $36.21 and Rio was down $4.88, or 3.86 per cent, to $121.60. US stocks fell 1.3 per cent yesterday as investors sold financials, fearing more sub-prime related writedowns, and manufacturers fell amid concerns the economy was already in recession. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... January 22 this year, after losing $21.9 billion in value. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 1.3 per cent as investors sold financials, fearing more sub-prime related write-downs, and manufacturers fell amid concerns the economy was already in recession. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... down at the moment. "Softer base and precious metal prices are probably giving a bit of weight to the sector. "The financials are weak but possibly not as weak as they could have been."

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... the Packer family-backed Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd, which fell over 15 per cent. "All companies in the financials sector are getting hit at the moment," said Austock senior client adviser Michael Heffernan. Mr Heffernan said margin calls ...

Tranzact grabs 60pc stake in Total Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... looking at merger and acquisition opportunities to grow its business in the SMSF sector," declared the diversified financials group in an ASX statement. "The acquisition of a controlling interest in Total Super represents a significant development in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... stocks were little changed overnight with crude oil prices offsetting fallout from the housing market that weighed on financials. Financial shares led the losses in the S&P. An index of national manufacturing activity from the Institute for Supply Management ...