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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... "wishy-washy" day on the market at home. "We started off on a great rush but it's really turned out to be a damp squib," Mr Smith said. "We sort of got ahead of ourselves coming into the weekend. "There's statistics coming out in the US that might start ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... "The Futures index is flip flopping and it's probably going to go down further. I can see some further waning today," Mr Smith said. "There wasn't a lot of volume yesterday which means there wasn't a lot of confidence." Reports circulated today that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... following the bigger markets. They don't have much choice there, but at least we are holding on, down just two points," Mr Smith said. "Our market is solid and we are digesting the economic data quite well." Overnight, the Dow fell 26.63 points, or 0.23 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... have to bail out mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I really believe we've got value in our market," Mr Smith said. "It just doesn't seem to be fair that this is how we react but that is what we seem to be doing." The financial sector ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... sector was hurt by tumultuous energy stocks. "We had oil weaker last night in the U.S., so that hasn't helped at all," Mr Smith said. "The reason for the weakness in oil in the US is said to be that the economy is slowing sharpley and there is not that ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... investors bought back stocks which had been sold off over two days. "This was a satisfactory gain after two days of selling," Mr Smith said. Energy stocks were being bought because of the demand for gas. "The main thrust in energy is coal seam gas. Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... provided relief. "I think you're seeing the index being balanced by resources being bought and the banks being sold," Mr Smith said. "I went into today expecting a pit stop of some sort particularly with the Reserve Bank to talk to us this afternoon. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... Billiton increased 33 cents, or 0.79 per cent, to $41.98 and Rio Tinto advanced 42 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $138.72. Mr Smith said IAG had gained because it was now viewed as a takeover target. On the other hand, he said, investors had taken a dim ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... waiting for the next something, be it a Tricom or Opes, to come out of the woodwork. It's very much a wait and see game," Mr Smith said. Tricom failed to settle some trades on time in January while Opes Prime collapsed last month after trading "irregularities" ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... slowing had helped the market gain today. "The bond rate is also supportive of the banks and their lending operations," Mr Smith said. But Mr Smith said today's gains were unlikely to last. "I would be sceptical. We've had all the good news in one day ...