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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following mixed performances on international markets overnight. At 0754 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5053. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street but after gains on European markets following encouraging eurozone data. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index logged 50.4 points, above the 50-mark signalling ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
After sharp falls in its previous session, the Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European bourses on encouraging manufacturing data out of Europe. At 0813 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Wall Street dropped big time overnight. Thank goodness for that. The S&P 500 index closed 1.8% lower last night. This is the biggest daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a stellar performance on Wall Street at the end of the week with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007. At 0739 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,793. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
There were failed forecasts a-plenty in 2012. And when it comes to predictions, nothing can compare with the much-hyped end of the world apocalyptic prophets say was coming on 21-12-2012 based on their interpretation of the Mayan calendar. Guess what? ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set for a modestly higher open higher after a surge in bank stocks fuelled gains on Wall Street. At 0818 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,531. In local economic news, the ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... "Meanwhile, the news from China shows signs of the economic slowdown having bottomed," he continued. "The latest purchasing manager's index of manufacturing activity was above 50, indicating expansion, and the recent destocking phase appears to be largely ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Are they back? Yes them, all those who sold in May and went away? This was my first thought after I clicked through the closing numbers on Wall Street and Europe this morning. For what I saw was good - their respective equity indices jump by over 1.0% ...