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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Investors chief economist Shane Oliver said the encouraging jobs report, some upbeat US manufacturing figures and firmer commodities prices suggested a positive start on the local bourse on Tuesday. But Dr Oliver said the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... about debt problems in Greece reduced demand for the US dollar. The US dollar's decline in turn increased demand for commodities, which become more attractive to foreign investors when the US dollar falls since most of them are priced in US dollars. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... said. "The resources are the ones that are down a bit more than others, which is to be expected from the pretty soft commodities prices that we saw on Friday," he said. "It was not much of a lead from the US, so it's not surprising that we've got this ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... prescient than those who don't - and so we have the "Down day for stocks after main signals slip," from the Age and "Commodities set scene for shares to open lower," from the Australian Financial Review. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... Craig Walker said. "Stocks that are dragging the market down include BHP, which is strange given the lead we got from commodities and base metals overnight." Mining giant BHP Billiton was down 38 cents at $42.92 while Rio Tinto was three cents higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher, on positive leads from overseas securities and commodities trading. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 18 points higher at 4,872 points. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 36 points higher at ...

ETF Securities signs Taurus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... commodity (ETC) products. Taurus' flagship fund is a gold and precious metals fund. The fund manager invests in physical commodities with amounts to different metals changing regularly. The deal means Taurus will invest a significant amount into the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 65 points higher at 4,840. ...

Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... traditional derivative strategy. To date, Instreet's products offer exposure to Australian equities, Asian equities and the commodities sector.