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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... March is due out as is the HIA New home sales for February No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday ended the week on a positive note, as stronger commodity prices boosted the resources sector and the major banks also rose. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... falls across global markets. Wall Street and European markets dropped overnight, while Asian markets have also started Friday lower, following mixed economic data from the US. But CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said that had been ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... lower after Wall Street fell with a sell-off in technology companies outweighing encouraging economic news. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data showed that the US economy grew 2.6 per ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... planning industry. On his Twitter account Senator Cormann said that the decision to pause the regulations "was taken last Friday." The government faced criticism in the media and from the Labor party for watering down parts of the legislation that were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have started the week lower, following a sell-off on Wall Street on Friday. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said US markets moved lower during Friday's session as investors took profits following recent gains, putting the local market ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... at 5,307. Locally, no major economic or equities news equities news is expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday rose on the back of encouraging US economic data. The US Conference Board's index of leading indicators, rose 0.5 per cent in ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. A measure of the US economy's health rose in February ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... (ABS) releases February's new motor vehicle sales figures. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday suffered it largest one day fall in almost six weeks due to disappointing Chinese economic figures and increasing tension ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... reverse a lot of the positioning that has gone on this week," he said. Mining companies were among the weakest performers on Friday. BHP Billiton was down 65 cents at $35.75, Rio Tinto had lost $1.44 to $61.63, while Fortescue dropped 10 cents, or 3.6 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... on Wall Street as Russia-Ukraine tension escalates and rhetoric between the US and Russia intensifies. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 5,355. US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that if ...