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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was 1.1 per cent stronger at noon as solid earnings results from Telstra and Qantas lifted investor spirits and Wall Street provided a good lead on speculation of another interest rate cut. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... results, which include income and profits generated by the firm when it was a private company prior to its listing on the ASX. This private income and profit is not part of the current Platinum funds management business. Once the impact of this private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher according to the lead from Wall Street, but base metal prices were mixed overnight in London, which could weigh on the miners. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally lower at midday following a weaker Wall Street lead. The banking sector was slipping again after yesterday's gains and the big miners were flat despite stronger metals prices overnight. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... Bradbury, co-head of iShares Australia said. Bradbury claims that self-managed superannuation funds investors are also using the ASX-listed iShares as a diversification vehicle to explore selective areas of international investment. As the liquidity ...

UBS Aus equities will deliver: Shields

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... 15 years of experience. According to Shields, since his appointment, the UBS Australian Share Fund has outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 by 2.4 per cent. The fund has also beaten the index by 1.25 per cent in January.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower according to the March SPI futures index, but New York is trading higher on record oil prices and base metal prices were stronger in London overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Bell Financial Group to buy Tricom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Tricom," Bell Financial Group said in a statement. Tricom first dominated national headlines when the firm failed to meet an ASX settlement deadline last month, prompting a surge in margin calls when the firm botched settling stock market trades on January ...

G'day Vietnam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... (VECL), said the company is looking to list on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX) on February 29, with an expected ASX listing later this year. VECL aims to grow its assets to more than $100 million and return more than a 20 per cent yield ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market continued its march into positive territory at noon as investors came back to the banking sector and commodity prices surged overnight. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors were relieved ...