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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on fears about the health of big financial firms and the overall economy. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 104 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... some ongoing weakness," ABN Amro Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said. "Volumes are fairly moderate, the resource sector is holding it up a little bit with Rio on the back of their announcement of cutting costs and jobs." Rio Tinto, which plans ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... White Funds Management portfolio manager Angus Gluskie said the financials were the driver of the market while the resource sector was moderately weaker on falls in the oil price overnight. "As people see this oil price falling, and continuing to fall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... Scheme - an opportunity'. The Australian share market closed in negative territory yesterday after falls from the resource sector and big retailers. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 44.1 points, or 0.86 per cent, lower at 5094.8, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... Australian share market on Friday breached 6,000 points for the first time since January, boosted by gains in the resource sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index firmed 40.3 points to 5,931 and the broader All Ordinaries gained 41.2 points to 6,006.1. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... contracts. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said that while the banks were bringing the local bourse down, the resource sector had provided relief. "I think you're seeing the index being balanced by resources being bought and the banks being sold," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... The Australian share market shrugged off renewed fears of a US recession yesterday, closing higher as the local resource sector took heart from a weaker US dollar and better commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed up 106 points, or 1.93 per ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... topped up departmental budgets that operate in isolation from real market conditions are making it too hard for non-resource sector companies to compete. These wage concerns are why fears are now bubbling to the surface that the Rudd government's decision ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... trusts," said Woosnam. The Deloitte's survey also found that the 10 best performing IPOs for the year were all in the resource sector, and nine of the top 10 were based in Perth. However, NSW generated the greatest value of IPO activity for the third ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... ABN AMRO Morgans senior equities adviser Geoff Voller said retail trading volumes were light. Mr Voller said the resource sector was strong on the back of news that China's biggest aluminium producer, Chinalco, and US group Alcoa had jointly bought a ...