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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following the overnight lead of international bourses which have treaded water as EU ministers meet over Greek debt but are unlikely to release critically needed bailout funds. At 0652 AEDT on Tuesday, the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... significant recovery in the US has helped, as has movement in base metal prices." Iron ore prices were up $US1 to $US120 overnight. BHP Billiton shares gained 69 cents to $34.51 at open, Rio Tinto was $1.40 higher at $57.65 and Fortescue gained 12 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... price index futures contract was 34 points lower at 4,470 points, with 11,709 contracts traded. Wall Street reopened overnight after closing for two days for superstorm Sandy, and ended the session mostly unchanged from Friday's close. "Last night's ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... contract was five points lower at 4,473 points, with 3,821 contracts traded. The New York Stock Exchange was closed overnight and will remain closed on Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the US east coast. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said that ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... at a moderate pace in recent months. True. A fact confirmed by Markit Economics' flash estimate of US PMI - released overnight - that showed the index rising to 51.3 in October from 51.1 in the previous month. "Growth in employment has been slow, and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street was trading slightly in the red overnight but European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session. At 1033 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,511.6 points ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after mixed performances on international markets overnight following promising growth data from China and news that troubled Spain was holding a bond auction at lower borrowing rates. At 0800 AEDT on Friday ...

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... flows which then they could save or spend elsewhere. You can take your pick as to which news item cheered the markets overnight - troika and Greece nearing a deal, Spain avoiding a junk rating from Moody's, the surge in UK employment in September, or ...