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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after a game of brinkmanship between European leaders and Greek bondholders drove the region's stock markets lower as investors worried that a deal needed to cut Athens' mountain of debt might fall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Australian stocks look set to open higher despite mixed movements on international markets overnight. At 0707 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was 33 points at 4,078. Overnight, the Dow Jones closed just 7.65 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... contracts. In economics news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute were scheduled to publish their monthly leading index of economic activity for June. In companies news, Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce was due to address the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received negative leads from world equity and commodities markets as the sell-off continues due to the nuclear danger looming in Japan. However on the ASX 24 at 0736 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was up ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... The third quarter saw around 80 per cent if US companies beat profit expectations. Forward indicators such as the leading index of economic indicators, the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and the yield curve point to continued improvement. ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... committing to a more flexible exchange rate. But I won't hold my breath on this one. In any case, the father of the leading index - the US Commerce Department - itself, said that, "This correction doesn't affect our outlook for the Chinese economy... ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... fell by 5,000 to 457k last week, the Philly Fed PMI increased by more than expected in March and the index of US leading index posted its 11th straight monthly rise in February. Benign inflation. Headline consumer prices were unchanged in February, taking ...

FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... of Tom Nadbielny strengthens our capability to meet that demand and ensures FTSE remains an innovative and market leading index provider," said Mark Makepeace, FTSE Group chief executive.