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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets. At 0859 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,257. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets with sentiment buoyed by strong German and British industrial sectors data. At 0826 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after solid US and Chinese manufacturing data and good US car sales figures. At 0818 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,414. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Australian shares have opened higher following a positive night on global markets. Invast chief market analyst Peter Esho said he expects the market to stay in "mildly positive" territory during Friday's session. He said positivity in global share markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open open flat despite gains on international markets overnight. At 0812 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,378. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street suffered hefty losses as the US partial government shutdown continued and worries climbed that the nation may default. At 0807 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Australian shares are weaker after a US Federal Reserve official said tapering of economic stimulus could begin in October. Resources and energy stocks were the worst performers on the market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European bourses made sharp gains on upbeat Chinese and eurozone economic data, and receding investor concerns over a US intervention in Syria. Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite a three-hour shutdown of the Nasdaq market that disrupted trade on other exchanges as well. US markets' rise followed news that eurozone business activity picked up ...