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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... markets," Mr Lewis said. "We're seeing heavy falls across the board and... that's concentrated in the resources and materials sector. "We saw base metals take another hammering overnight, with copper, zinc and nickel all down in the region of around ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... all of the major sectors with the majority of the selling pressure coming out of the financials and also out of the materials sector." At 1203 AEDT, National Australia Bank had fallen $1.75, or 7.37 per cent, to $21.98, Commonwealth Bank was down $2.41 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... Australian stock market kept its head above water at noon, with banking and consumer staples stocks performing well and the materials sector was weaker. Local trade pulled back a bit after a positive open following news from the US that a $US700 billion ...

Market wrap - midday

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market was in positive territory at noon across all sectors except materials, which is suffering from weaker commodity prices. At 1207 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 28.5 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 4,952, while the broader ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... heavily weighted towards financial companies, which account for more than 56 per cent of the index followed by 'basic materials' at more than 22 per cent and 'industrials' at almost 6.5 per cent. For example, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Westpac Banking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... climbed overnight, as investors snapped up some of the financial sector's stronger players and pumped money into the materials and transportation sectors. A drop in crude below $US101 a barrel also boosted the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... the US overnight, as investors snapped up some of the financial sector's stronger players and pumped money into the materials and transportation sectors. Traders dumped Lehman Brothers, but other banks that traded poorly during the day jumped in afternoon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... banks fell. All of the large sectors were hit, but the major laggards included utilities, metals and mining, energy, materials and telecoms. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 slid below the key 5,000 mark, losing 80.5 points, or 1.59 per cent, to 4,979.5, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... cent, to $36.11 and Rio Tinto lost $5.90,or 5.0 per cent, to $112.20. CMC Markets senior dealer Matthew Lewis said the materials and energy sectors were responsible for today's fall. "It's really not surprising considering the lead we got from overseas ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Australian equities made it through a volatile morning to be slightly up at noon, but metals, mining, energy, materials and IT capped any major gains. In the US overnight major indices rose moderately although the NASDAQ climbed nearly one per cent ...