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Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was over four per cent lower at noon following heavy losses in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 177.4 points, or 4.32 per cent, at 3,930.4 while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on nervousness about how US companies will survive a severe pullback in spending. At 0656 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was stronger at noon, up more than two per cent, driven by China's massive economic stimulus plan, which has boosted appetite among local investors for commodity based stocks. Also, the Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after US stocks gained on Friday as investors saw buying opportunities following heavy falls earlier in the week. At 0738 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was weaker at noon after ongoing fears of a global recession affected Wall Street again overnight. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 169.6 points, or 4.09 per cent, at 3,980.1 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Sciences Holdings Ltd and Mindax Ltd. The regulator was alerted to the transactions by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Spagnolo faces a maximum penalty for each offence of six months imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,750. ASIC banned all ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... with a "dark green" screen, which excludes many industries, could prevent the fund from holding many of the companies in the ASX 50. This exclusion policy will impact the overall diversification of the fund with some managers, for example, unable to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after global stock markets plunged on Thursday on growing fears the world economy faces a deep and lasting recession. At 0840 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket remained firmly in the red at noon, dragged down by the miners after sharply lower base metal prices in London and a more than five per cent drop on Wall Street overnight on heightened concerns of a US recession. At 1210 AEDT ...

Mercer invests $35m in commodities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... commodity program returned more than 13 per cent over a one year period to September against the Dow Jones Commodities index and ASX 200 which lost 0.27 per cent and 29.22 per cent in the same period. In fact, the long only H3 commodities fund has consistently ...