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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
Australian shares were higher at noon on thin trading because of Melbourne Cup Day. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 60.9 points higher to 6643.2, while the All Ordinaries was 52.4 points stronger to 6672.5. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia early next week. "There are expectations there could be a tightening on Melbourne Cup day... which will to a degree impact our currencies and some stocks that have US dollar-based earnings." In the US overnight ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... its highest since then. With inflation accelerating, it's getting harder to find an economist who doesn't believe Melbourne Cup day will bring an interest rate hike that will lift the cash rate to 6.75 per cent, with a further rise expected in the first ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Worse-than-expected CPI figures could crash the Melbourne Cup Carnival, while the Aussie dollar dances to the beat of the rate hike speculation. The trimmed mean consumer price index (CPI) figure rose to 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and consensus ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Hawke and 11 ministers were shacked up in Canberra's Hyatt, taking a break to hear 30/1 long shot Tawrrific win the Melbourne Cup. It would be interesting to know what the odds were of the real Berlin Wall coming down, which happened just two days later ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... the way, underpinned by strong gains on Wall Street. One stockbroker attributed the strong morning trading to the Melbourne Cup, with brokers and investors wanting to do all their business before the big race this afternoon. ABN Amro Morgans client adviser ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2005
... price index contract was two points weaker at 4465. On the day investors drag themselves back to work after the Melbourne Cup as Multiplex, Downer EDI,, Record Investments, Aevum, Crane and Webjet all front shareholders for annual general meetings, while ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... 4485. On the day the market is expected to experience thin trading, with Melbourne-based investors out today for the Melbourne Cup horse race. There is also little news expected in the local equities market, with KPMG to release a survey on building ...

ARF wins Super fund of the Year - again

... rest of the industry that we are still a market leader." ARF's second gong draws a parallel to the victory of 2004 Melbourne cup winner Makybe Diva who was the first mare to win two cups in a row.

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Melbourne Cup took centre stage as afternoon trade on the Australian share market slowed to a dribble, although the broader market indexes still managed to end the day in positive territory. "The market was a lot stronger earlier in the day when ...