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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... which the ASX is heavily exposed. And that, says IG market strategist Stan Shamu, is a major influence on the local stock market on Monday. "That's primarily the reason why we are struggling today. The materials space is down 1.2 per cent," he said. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... 2.11 per cent to 7,994.31 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 gained 2.90 per cent to 3,809.31 points. The Spanish stock market rose by slightly more than 3.0 per cent. In Portugal, embroiled in a political crisis, Lisbon's key PSI 20 index of leading ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... 50.9 in May. The ghost of the European sovereign debt crisis. Portuguese 10-year bond yields soared above 8% and its stock market dropped by 5.3% on the back of renewed political instability in the country sparked by the resignation of its finance minister. ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... changer. Speaking of game changes, I bet you didn't fail to notice (sorry for the double negative) the Australian stock market's sharp shoot up yesterday. The All Ords jumped by 2.6% for its best gain since October 2011. What the? Is China growing strongly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's downward lead and open lower, a day after rising 2.5 per cent and posting its biggest gains since October 6 2011. US stocks reversed early gains and ended lower on revived concerns about the eurozone ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... broke that China's official and unofficial (HSBC measure) PMI indices both fell in June from May. And how did China's stock market do? The Shanghai Composite Index ended 0.8% on the up. Us, Australians all, have become so Sino-centric that it's blinding ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after positive rallies on overseas markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a Wall Street surge after investors took weak economic data as a sign the Federal Reserve would maintain its aggressive bond-buying program, and after Labor dumped Julia Gillard as leader. At ...