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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... Australia is due to release the minutes of its August board meeting. In equities news, Consolidated Media Holdings, Amcor, Arrium, Oil Search, Monadelphous Group and Sonic Healthcare are expected to post full year results. In Australia, the market on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... lifted first half profit by 13 per cent to $US760 million ($A726.33 million) and forecasted higher earnings for the year. Oil and gas producer Santos was 52 cents higher to $11.94 after it increased its underlying first half profit and maintained its ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... per cent due to stronger revenue in the United States. Its shares were up 22 cents, or 7.28 per cent, to $3.24 at 1031 AEST. Oil Search shares dropped after it said is PNG loading operations had been suspended following a minor oil spill more than a ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
It's another one of those days - those days of rumours and gossips and whispers. And oh, digging around for reasons on why the glass is half empty. It was risk on after cyberspace got wind of ECB council member Ewald Nowotny telling Bloomberg that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Commonwealth Bank was up 49 cents to $55.74. Woodside Petroleum shares were 81 cents, or 2.7 per cent, higher at $31.19 after the oil and gas producer increased its full year production target after enjoying a 43 per cent surge in the second quarter. ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... ComBATS index is a market neutral commodity alpha strategy, involving long/short positions in 10 commodities including crude oil, natural gas and aluminum. The index has a low correlation to the equity markets and can provide an exposure to alternative ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... worries that developed since the global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North Korea, Iran, etc. - at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... $53.69, and Westpac improved three cents to $21.85. The energy sector was performing strongly, following strong gains in crude oil prices amid reports of low inventories. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum had increased by 30 cents to $30.72, and ...

Australian instos exposed to AML risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... breaching an international trade ban. For example, Iran is a major facilitator of Middle East shipping, global trade and of course oil and energy exports, and it's much easier than many investors realise to indirectly do business with their related entities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... sparked by last week's surprise eurozone deal fizzled out, with weak manufacturing data from China also weighing on investors. Oil prices also fell as doubts crept in about the EU summit deal, which aimed to help crisis-hit Spain and Italy and stem the ...