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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher and commodities prices ended firmer. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 41 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading on Friday, with key indices substantially lower and key commodities also down heavily. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 79 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... overseas markets overnight. "(It is) not unexpected, given the wishy washy performance in overseas markets and in commodities markets last night," he said. "When you get that sort of lead... you're going to get a pretty ordinary day and that's what we've ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... a positive lead from the overnight action, with the main indices on Wall Street gaining more than one per cent and commodities prices ending firmer.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... from overnight trading offshore, with all three key US indices and European markets all recording strong gains. Key commodities -- oil and metals -- also were higher. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from key indices overnight, although commodities markets were stronger, with precious metals, copper and oil all rising. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... market has received flat to negative leads from overnight trading offshore. Wall Street's key indices were flat, but commodities were lower, as were European markets. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the September share price index ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... alternative investments, Asia Pacific region at Russell, said Australian respondents favour real estate, infrastructure and commodities. "Although most global regions are increasing allocations to infrastructure and commodities they are coming from a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... by China's weekend pledge to let the yuan trade more freely. The news raised hopes of increased Chinese demand for commodities and other goods, lifting metals prices and resource stocks. The benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed up 48.27 ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... deteriorates further, the U.S. is "probably a beneficiary of the crisis" because of lower Treasury yields and cheaper commodities, and that the Fed shouldn't delay withdrawing record monetary stimulus." At least Russia is hedging its bets. Alexei Ulyukayev ...