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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
The local share market has opened higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight and encouraging Chinese manufacturing data. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the All Ordinaries was up 33.5 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 5,100. IG market strategist Evan Lucas ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... company favoured by the Global Demographics Fund is Essilor International, an eye care business specialising in lens manufacturing. Essilor spends more on research and development than its peers, giving it a significant competitive advantage. The company ...

The madness of crowds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... August, hitting a 26-month high point as the economy climbed out of a record recession. And the HSBC's PMI for China's manufacturing sector jumped to 50.1 in August, up from July's 11-month low of 47.7. At 0755 AEST on Friday, locally, the September ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as disappointing American manufacturing data convinced investors the US Federal Reserve would continue its quantitative easing measures. "A weaker US dollar is generally ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... points, weighed down also by heavyweight miners retreated in value, which offset news of a strong rebound for British manufacturing. Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 1.17 per cent to 8,299.73 points despite the release of official data showing that German industrial ...

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has rallied on the back of positive manufacturing data from the United States, undeterred by a weaker economic outlook from the federal government. The Australian share market was 0.7 per cent higher in early afternoon trade ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... economic data from China, Europe and the US. A battery of better-than-expected headlines included data showing strong manufacturing activity in the eurozone and China, the lowest reading of weekly US jobless claims since January 2008 and decisions by ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... reassurance." He said investors were unlikely to make any major trades ahead of the release of important Chinese manufacturing data later on Thursday. The big four banks were mixed, with NAB down 18 cents at $31.05, ANZ down seven cents at $29.69 and ...