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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to rise after a boost to tech stocks lifted Wall Street. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,436. In local economic news on Tuesday, the minutes of Reserve Bank ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Looks like someone forgot to tell the stock markets that we're already halfway through May - halfway through the month that's statistically biased towards losing money. Market action over the past 24 hours shows that most have not gone away and those ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... also had a negative lead from Wall Street, where weaker than expected earnings from insurance giant AIG and falls in tech stocks caused a sizeable drop. All sectors of the local market fell in early trade. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... per cent) at 1,878.33, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index tacked on 29.14 (0.72 per cent) to 4,103.54. Some tech stocks such as Facebook (+3.6 per cent) and Netflix (1.8 per cent) that fell on Monday scored solid gains. The Conference Board's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing lower following a broad sell-off of tech stocks. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 5,529. Locally, no major economic news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... on Wall Street overnight. IG markets strategist Chris Weston said the sell-off in the US was driven by a plunge in tech stocks, which have fallen out of favour after years of strong gains. The ASX hit near six-year highs earlier in the week. All sectors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market had fared relatively well at the open, given the weak lead. "Technology shares are getting ...