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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0755 AEST, the December share price index contract was 21 points higher at 5352. Today Perpetual Ltd will hold ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market at noon was holding onto positive territory after US markets rose to a record close on Friday. Resources stocks, including gold, were generally higher, but the major banks were lower. CMC Markets market analyst David Land ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0759 AEST, the December share price index contract was 19 points higher at 5322. Today, market interest is expected ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon with the big miners and banks pushing the bourse in an upwards direction. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 39.3 points higher at 5298.7 while the all ordinaries surged 37 points to 5260.9. On ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open substantially stronger today following Wall Street's push to record highs and a round of major corporate activity domestically. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0714 AEST, the December share price index ...

Suncorp bids for Promina and a national footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... sunshine state presence across the country. News of the proposed takeover was made public after the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) asked Promina to respond to market rumours of a takeover bid that saw shares in Promina begin to spike this week. The ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was marginally lower at noon with fears of another interest rate rise dragging it lower. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 2.1 points lower at 5280.7 while the all ordinaries lost 3.1 points to 5242.2. On the Sydney ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger today following a pick up in commodity prices overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEST, the December share price index contract was up one point at 5279. Today, the Bank of Queensland ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was higher at noon with resources once again driving the market upward, spearheaded by BHP Billiton. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 25.8 points stronger at 5274.4 while the all ordinaries gained 24 points to 5235.7. ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... RBA boss Glenn Steven on further movement of interest rate at a meeting of Australian Business economists later tonight. The ASX 200 is up 0.5 per cent at noon; with most sectors showing strong gain with Health Care, Materials, Consumer Discretionary ...