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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... 1,357.16, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 28.64 points (1.01 per cent) to 2,871.89. Commodities including precious metals, industrial metals and oil rose overnight. "The risk appetite continues to improve from what we saw last week," Mr Potter ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... still traded in positive territory, up 15 cents to $46.00, but Santos fell 12 cents, or 0.82 per cent, to $14.59. Fortescue Metals Group continued trading in positive territory, but off its highs of the session, and was up eight cents, or 1.28 per cent ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... world," he said. Eggar said the portfolio had historically been allocated 34 per cent to commodities -including energies, metals, crops and livestock- 21 per cent to currencies, 20 per cent to equity indexes and 25 per cent to fixed income by risk. "Winton ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... strongly and benefiting from favourable, albeit volatile, markets for its products. Mr Peacock said this news was positive for metals. "Some of those comments are certainly going to be supportive of the materials sector," he said. Shares in Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... per cent to settle at $39.39 an ounce. Crude oil slipped 1.6 per cent to $109.24 a barrel. And falling prices for oil and metals hurt the energy and materials companies whose fortunes depend on them. Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... days. Commonwealth Bank currency strategist Joe Capurso said the Australian dollar had been following a fall in precious metals. "Apparently, there are some comments from one of the big global investors, George Soros, about him selling off gold and silver ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... lower on Wednesday, following flat to lower performances by markets overseas overnight, and falls in the prices of precious metals and oil. At 0703 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 4,755. In economics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Billiton, Australia's biggest stock, declined 19 cents to $46.10, while Rio Tinto slipped 66 cents to $82.71. Fortescue Metals lost 10 cents, or 1.57 per cent, to $6.28. QBE Insurance lost 26 cents, or 1.35 per cent, to $18.95, CSL slipped 41 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Macquarie Group Ltd reports full year results, and Origin Energy Ltd, Roc Oil Ltd, Northern Energy Corporation, Murchison Metals Ltd, Platinum Australia Ltd, Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd, and Macarthur Coal Ltd issue quarterly production reports. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Thursday, with strong leads from Wall Street and European equities markets overnight, and higher prices in oil and precious metals. At 0711 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 37 points higher at 4,910 points. The only ...