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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... Nasdaq Composite Index rose 3.35 points to close at 2,457.20. LONDON - Britain's top share index was at a five and a half year high, bolstered by merger and acquisition talk. The FTSE 100 was at 6,260 points, up 32 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index was ...

Ex-FAI financial controller sentenced

... guilty to altering the books that effectively meant the FAI Insurances Group posted a profit instead of a loss over a half year period. The charges related to financial records which effectively reduced the group's claims estimates by around $5.5 million. ...

UBS welcomes new Aust and NZ head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
UBS Global Asset Management has appointed a new head of Australia and New Zealand. Paul Bolinowsky joins UBS as Australian and New Zealand head while Colin Woods will move from that position to head up wholesale third part distribution, Asia (ex Japan ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... 7.49 points to end unofficially at 2,450.81. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's largest shares hit a five-and-a-half year closing high after a key US pricing report eased inflation worries across the Atlantic, and were led by National Grid which ...

Broker gets jail term for forgery

A former options advisor and stockbroker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison on 27 forgery charges and for trading $1.28 million worth of his clients' shares without their knowledge. In a case bearing some resemblance to the now infamous ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 8.93 points to 2,376.01. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index eased from five-and-a-half year highs as mortgage lenders struggled to shrug off an interest rate rise and drugmakers weakened on the outcome of US federal ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... 500 Index added 6.86 points at 1,389.08, and the Nasdaq Composite Index grew 22.51 points to 2,379.10, a five-and-a-half year high. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 fell, led down by Astrazeneca and GlaxoSmithKline after the index earlier hit a five-year ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... 1,382.22, and the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 11.75 points to 2,356.59. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index hit a five-and-a-half year closing high as European stock market indexes rallied in a climate of strong global economic data and optimism over earnings ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... Energy producers, rising on positive earnings from oil giant BP, helped Britain's FTSE 100 share index to a five-and-a-half year closing high, but the mining sector weighed on the market. The FTSE 100 closed up 16.4 points, 0.27 per cent, at 6,182.5 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... Composite Index gained 1.36 points to 2,342.30. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended flat, retreating from five-and-a-half year intraday highs as disappointing results from Caterpillar sapped confidence and prompted a soft start to Wall Street trade. ...