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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market was almost one per cent higher at noon, led by the big miners and major banks as commodities prices firmed following a strong lead from the US. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.3 points, or 0.89 per ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a positive set of leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading higher and oil and metals prices firmer. At 0835 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 19 points at 4,689 points, on volume of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... on recent gains. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.69 US cents, little changed from Tuesday's local close of 100.68 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, it has traded between a low of 100.66 US cents and a high of 101.14 US cents. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... for the first time since an earthquake hit Japan more than a week ago. The Dow dipped 17.90 points, or 0.15 per cent, to close at 12,018.63 points. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 4.61 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 1,293.77 points. The Nasdaq ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... cash into the currency market. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.42 US cents, up from Monday's local close of 100.20 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, it has traded between a low of 100.38 US cents and a high of 100.70 US cents. ...

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Platform funds under administration (FUA) by end December 2010 reached $397 billion, just below its pre-GFC $400 billion 2007 peak, meaning that as terrible as the GFC fallout was, it only set back Australia's wealth creation plans by two years. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... 384.99 points, or 1.73 per cent, to 22,685.22 on turnover of HK$74.20 billion ($A9.59 billion). News from Japan that it was close to restoring power to some of the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant saw the return of some confidence following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At ...