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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon, despite the failure by the United States to resolve its debt-ceiling stalemate, which dragged Wall Street lower overnight. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.5 points, or 0.67 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly higher today despite a mixed performance on United States markets on Friday. At 0627 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,590. On the company ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... applause, clap their hands and stomp their feet when either one shouts 'deal!' Never mind the deal or no deal game the United States is playing. It's giving financial markets thrills and spills but when it comes to the final buzzer, we all know that ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... midst of the Great Depression." Its very first default was recorded in 1790. In 1841-42 nine of the states of the United States of America defaulted and 10 states did so again back in 1873-84. Financial markets have every right to be cautious until the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Italy and Spain after Greece, Ireland and Portugal, sentiment took another knock as the ratings agencies put the United States in the firing line as well. They said the immediate concern Friday was the European Banking Authority stress test results ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set for a weaker start today as debt concerns in the United States and Europe saw markets fall despite some positive US economic news. At 0754 AEST the local September share price index futures contract was down nine points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... stocks plummeted as worry about Europe's worsening debt crisis clouded markets already weaker after Friday's poor United States economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 151.44 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 12,505.76. The broader S&P 500 shed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... territory by noon on low volumes due to little local and international news, and a public holiday overnight in the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.6 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,606.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... of just over one per cent on the market when trade starts on Monday. The reason for the rise is a big gain on the United States market on Friday, which capped Wall Street's best week in two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average's gain of 1.36 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
The Australian share market opened higher on Friday after two of the major United States indices rose, but worries continued that Greece's debt troubles could spread. At 1015 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.9 points, or 0.53 ...