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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday, following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight in both commodities prices and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P 500 index gained 10.87 (0.81 per cent) at 1,357.16, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 28.64 points (1.01 per cent) to 2,871.89. Commodities including precious metals, industrial metals and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P 500 index gained 10.87 (0.81 per cent) at 1,357.16, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 28.64 points (1.01 per cent) to 2,871.89. Markets also got a boost from Chinese trade data showing the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian share market reversed course to trade lower by noon, dragged down by banks and investors withdrawing to the sidelines ahead of the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19 points ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... fact is the appreciation of the Australian dollar will be extraordinary..." Either he's onto something or he's smoked some heavy something. ANZ boss Mike Smith agreed with Mr. Savouri - must have puffed the same heavy stuff. Here's The Australian again. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... Friday night local time, had boosted investor sentiment. That was seeing investors buy stocks that had been the subject of heavy selling in recent weeks, she said. "There's been a bit of confidence come back into the resource sector, which has been very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... shares dropped 0.44 per cent to a five-week low on Friday, in line with regional markets, as resource firms were hit by heavy falls in commodity prices amid concerns over the global economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 102.47 points to 23,159.14. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
The Australian share market has begun the week weaker on Monday morning after heavy losses last week. At 1036 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.1 points lower at 4807.1 while the broader All Ordinaries index slipped 17.3 points to 4880.7. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Wednesday as traders were buoyed by gains on Wall Street while also picking up undervalued stocks following the previous day's heavy losses. Investors, who went into sell-off mode Tuesday after Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on United States sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 65.16 points (0.53 per cent) at 12,266.98 when markets settled, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite had added 9.59 points (0.35 per cent) at 2,744.97. The broad-market S&P 500 stock index advanced 7.48 ...