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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket remained strong at noon with overall gains in major sectors, boosted by a rebound on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 86.2 points, or 2.33 per cent, at 3783.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

ASIC lifts shorting ban on non-financials

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... requires trading participants to report all short sales including exempt covered short sales in financial securities to the ASX each day. A daily report must be submitted by 9am on short sales executed up to 7pm the previous day. The ASX will publish ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... investors, for one, would be relieved at Wall Street's strong overnight lead given yesterday's near 6 per cent slump in the S&P/ASX 200 index. But is this the beginning of the end of the bear market in equities? The short answer is, not yet. The global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was more than four per cent lower at noon with falls in the resources and banking sectors, following a plunge on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 167.9 points or 4.28 per cent, at ...

Karara restructures for Aus eq focus

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... last year. In July, the firm's Australian Equities fund generated an excess return of 4.53 per cent against the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index. The restructure is expected to be finalised by early December.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped overnight after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government would not buy banks' soured mortgage assets after all. Resource stocks also are likely to fall after oil ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon after a negative lead from Wall Street and falls in commodity prices overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.1 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 3,929.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on signs that company profits are being hit by the decline in consumer spending. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...