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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Australian shares remain well over one per cent higher at noon with political progress in Italy and stronger commodity prices boosting investor sentiment. At 1220 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 59.8 points, or 1.39 per cent, at 4,353.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... closed down 0.16 per cent, or 13.84 points, at 8,748.47. The uncertainty in the European Union has weighed on global commodity and equity markets for months, with Italy now joining Greece in the emergency room. The cancellation of an EU finance ministers' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... cents better at $16.21. Woodside Petroleum announced it had increased third quarter revenues by 27 per cent as higher commodity prices offset lower production levels. It's shares were up nine cents at $33.69. National turnover was 598.5 million shares ...

US regulator spotlights high frequency trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... systems as regulators look to control the practice which is often accused of exacerbating stock market volatility. The US' Commodity Futures Trading Commission was due to meet with its UK counterpart this week to discuss the idea of a registration process ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... and drove prices further away from last week's 14-month low. "Copper is moving higher, which is a good indicator of commodity demand," he said. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 55 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $37.63, while fellow miner Rio Tinto rose $1.15 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... stock-selective in equities and they'll take profits where there's large profits in this type of market," he said. "Commodity prices were soft last night, base metals lower and you're seeing materials and energy really leading the decline on our market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Resources stocks registered the biggest falls on the market, with many investors selling in response to heavy falls in commodity prices over the past week and also in overnight trade, Mr Burmester said. The materials sector was down by 2.4 per cent. ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... index rose 29.6 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 4,093.1. Patersons Securities associate director John Curtin said a rise in commodity prices overnight was keeping the market in recovery mode after last week's massive losses. Energy stocks were 1.4 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australian shares extended early gains at noon, with materials leading the market as commodity prices slowed their steady descent of recent weeks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 114.9 points, or 2.97 per cent, to 3978.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... the market on fell more than one per cent to a two-year low as investors sold out of miners and energy companies after commodity prices slumped. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 39.3 points, or one per cent, to 3,863.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...