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Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... Commonwealth Bank, "Australia's listed agribusiness sector has significantly outstripped the performance of the broader S&P/ASX 200 accumulation index for the sixth consecutive month, with the consensus outlook for the coming year remaining strong." ...

Further regulation not needed: Nelson

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... lives of individuals. I assure you our first instinct is not to increase regulation. "Instead, we know Treasury, ASIC and the ASX are investigating transparency in accordance with market regulation and I think there is a strong argument for enforcing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was up at noon, with the major miners driving the local bourse higher. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 67.7 points or 1.23 per cent higher at 5570.6, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 63.3 points or 1.14 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after commodities including gold, oil and copper advanced overnight. Gains may be limited after US stocks declined on comments by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that a recession is possible. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket opened higher, led by investment firms Macquarie Group and Babcock & Brown, after US stocks gained the most in two weeks overnight on optimism the worst of the credit crisis may be over. At 1020 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Resource stocks may decline after commodity prices fell overnight, however. At 0706 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract ...

Credit Suisse buys AXE stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... JBWere, Macquarie, Merrill Lynch and NZX as shareholders in AXE ECN. Collectively the firms account for more than 40 per cent of ASX trades. According to David Trude, Credit Suisse country manager, the firm's investors would ultimately benefit from the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as investors were unwilling to buy stocks because of concerns about losses related to credit markets and margin loans. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.4 points, or 0.42 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected Midwestern business activity report. Resource stocks may decline after base metal prices declined overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... price sensitive insider information that has not been disclosed to the market in accordance with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules," said IFSA and ACSI in the statement. The two bodies also flagged the need for companies to establish defined ...