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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... rally in equity markets." The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US892.60 per fine ounce, down $US24.75 on Tuesday's local close of $USS917.35. Lihir Gold fell 18 cents or 5.9 per cent to $2.87, Newcrest Mining was down 45 cents or 1.46 per cent to $30.30 ...

WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
WHK Group and Macquarie Private Wealth have entered a strategic partnership - paving the way for Macquarie to become a holder of the planning group within the next five years. According to a joint press statement, the deal will see Macquarie commit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd will hold general meetings. On Tuesday, the Australian share market overcame a negative start to close higher, boosted by stronger energy and financial sectors, but the volume of trading was low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street down and precious and base metals lower, although oil added over a dollar and a half. At 0724 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
KBC Asset Management's Global Water fund is closed to new money in Australia. Simon Padley, KBC Asset Management head of distribution, said the fund is not accepting new money because the Belgian based asset manager is reviewing some of the group's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... drop in stockpiles resuscitated hopes of a demand pick-up in China. Copper for May delivery in New York rose 3.55 cents to close at $1.6890 a pound.

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... tightened its budget as its portfolio shrinks by 25 per cent. In a recent media statement, Stanford said it planned to cut close to $156 million from its $1.25 billion general funds budget next year. This is approximately $47 million more than originally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 37.1 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 3,111.7. It was the S&P/ASX 200's weakest close since mid-July 2003. NEW YORK - Stocks regained some lost ground on Friday after a jobs report that was bad but not as horrific ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was trading about 1.5 per cent lower at a five-and-a-half-year low after sharp plunge on Wall Street took US stocks to levels last seen in 1997. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52 points, or 1.63 per ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
US First Lady, Michelle Obama, shows us the future - and it does not look good. Wall Street and European equities tumbled again while we were sleeping. Part of the reason was disappointment that the much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough ...