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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... cent lower, according to IRESS data. Wall Street finished flat on Monday night (AEST), after falling sharply during Friday night's (AEST) session. Meanwhile, futures contract prices for commodities such as oil, gold, silver and copper settled weaker ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a sharp sell off in the euro on Friday night (AEST) sparked by further Greek sovereign debt worries. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the it was trading at 106.42 US cents, down from 106.59 cents on Friday. Since ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... rather than be designed to go head to head with the industry funds on national television. "We are not targeting Friday night footy ads, we are a targeted online campaign," said AFA national president Brad Fox. To run the campaign the AFA need to raise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... contracts traded. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the better than expected jobs data, released on Friday night local time, had boosted investor sentiment. That was seeing investors buy stocks that had been the subject of heavy selling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... expected the Australian dollar to bounce back after the release of US April non-farm payrolls and unemployment rate on Friday night (AEST). "I reckon that will be a weak number making the US dollar soft again and the Aussie should get a bit of a boost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... trading this morning," RBS Morgans private client adviser Peter Knight said. "We had good leads (from overseas) last Friday night, but now it's more the Australian market that's leading, certainly in the risk assets." Mr Knight said energy stocks were ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... payrolls report that the data will confirm improving labour market conditions in America. All the signs leading up to Friday night's jobs release pointed to this. Let's count the ways. The ISM indices - manufacturing and non-manufacturing. These are ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... temporary. Walk ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Friday, the Australian dollar traded between 98.87 US cents and 99.86 cents. BNZ currency strategist Mike Jones said Friday night (AEDT) had been a mixed session for the Australian dollar. "The Aussie was torn between competing influences," Mr Jones ...