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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... news, retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd announces first half results. The Australian share market slumped 2.4 per cent on Friday to close at a three-month low, as investors worried that they had been overly optimistic about the pace of the global economic recovery. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
The Australian market is likely to open in the red after US stocks and commodities plunged on investor concerns that the global economy is weaker than expected. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 134 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
The Australian share market continued to fall in morning trade, with major resource and financial stocks weighing on the main indices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 40.2 points, or 0.86 per cent, at 4,607.7, while the broader ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... grade. "The prospect in these [blue chip] companies are not as exciting as the rebound in cyclicals... but we're getting close to that territory where the risk reward [ratio] is in favour of the blue chip stocks," she argues. Howitt works with fellow ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... jumped from US$862.20 per ounce in January 2009 to a high of US$1,212.00 an ounce on 3 December before easing slightly to close at US$1096.00 by the end of December. Gold fever was so high that rumours were beginning to circulate that prices could reach ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... Australia Group (IAG) and gains among mining giants. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 42.6 points, or 0.93 per cent, to close at 4,647.9 on Wednesday, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 44.4 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 4,673.2. NEW YORK ...

Instinet close to signing two major transition mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Instinet is in talks with two major transition managers in the Australian market to gain entry to their transition panels. John Fildes, managing director and chief operating officer, Asia at Instinet, said the technology firm is undertaking a number ...

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Peter Walsh, former head of retail at Putnam Investments in Australia, has been appointed head of retail distribution. Walsh left Putnam Investments after the firm withdrew from the retail market in Australia last year. Before joining Putnam, he was ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... quarter of 2008. Everyone knows this, the RBA knows this. "The global economy is growing, and world GDP is expected to rise at close to trend pace in 2010 and 2011....In Australia, economic conditions have been stronger than expected, after a mild downturn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... the afternoon to end up slightly down for the day. The benchmark NZX-50 index opened at 3,150.97 and immediately soared close to 3,170 for about three hours, but all those gains soon evaporated. At the close of trading, it was down 3.6 points, or 0.114 ...