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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... cents to $31.29, while Bank of Queensland was the worst laggard, losing 85 cents, or 5.72 per cent to $14.01. BHP Billiton traders didn't like it though, with the stock losing $1.10, or 2.8 per cent to $38.60, while takeover target Rio Tinto was whittled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... 111 points at 4,920. In news today, Woolworths chief executive Michael Luscombe addresses a Western Australian Retail Traders Association breakfast. Premier Investments Ltd delivers a market update, while coal miner New Hope delivers annual results. ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities Exchange Commission (ASIC) moves to block offshore market speculators and traders from targeting the local stockmarket when it imposed temporary restrictions on short-selling of all listed Australian equities effective today. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... being booked from people covering short positions and this is a major driving force in our market today. "For short-term traders and even long-term shorts, they've made a fantastic profit and it's not surprising that they're out there, closing down their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... 75.2 points, or 1.54 per cent to 4799.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street rebounded in a volatile session on Tuesday as nervous traders drew encouragement from reports of a possible rescue of troubled insurance giant American International Group. The market also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... snapped up some of the financial sector's stronger players and pumped money into the materials and transportation sectors. Traders dumped Lehman Brothers, but other banks that traded poorly during the day jumped in afternoon trade as punters bet that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... the 0.8 per cent predicted. The department also upwardly revised its June reading to an increase of 2.1 per cent. Many traders shrugged off the report as old news, however, given that it is now September. With carmakers releasing sluggish August sales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... also was weak. Crude oil eventually lifted off its lows of the day, settling near $US110 a barrel and signaling to some traders that oil has the potential to rebound as quickly as it sold off. The Dow fell 26.63, or 0.23 per cent, to 11,516.92. Broader ...

Credit Suisse slapped with $12m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Just over a week later, Credit Suisse announced that it had identified mismarking and pricing errors by a small number of traders and that it was repricing certain asset-backed securities. The re-pricing involved a write down of revenues by $2.65 billion. ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent, around 22 per cent of all retail investors in South Korea are active traders, with most having an interest in derivatives trading. However the conservative nature of the nation's brokerage houses and ...