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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Australian Institute of Company Directors is to host a Director Nexus information evening. In Australia, the market on Wednesday edged up marginally to a fresh five-week high as upbeat mining figures and hopes for a Greek debt deal dragged shares out ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... Bank) paid above the odds for their covered bonds and the confidence index wasn't all that whoopy." At 1201 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,207.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0635 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,180. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... ore output over the previous quarter, while BHP could expand its output by as much as 23 per cent when it reports on Wednesday. BHP Billiton - the market's heftiest stock - added 1.4 per cent to $36.46 to drag up the resources sector by 1.3 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... indicators on jobs and activity, especially a sharp drop in new unemployment claims, were welcomed after heavy losses on Wednesday sparked by fresh concerns over the eurozone debt crisis. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed up 0.63 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... meeting of shareholders to remind the public that its borrowing costs are on the rise, echoing comments made by Westpac on Wednesday and likely to be repeated by Commonwealth Bank on Friday. But Chief executive Cameron Clyne managed to stem a sell-off ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... eurozone government debt. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 98.95 US cents, down from 100.16 cents on Wednesday. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said the local currency is simply following a downwards trend in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... next six months," she said. "Consumer sentiment is still be dedicated by what's happening globally." At 1208 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 15.8 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,177.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Three of the big four banks hold annual general meetings this week, with Westpac executives set to face shareholders on Wednesday, NAB on Thursday and ANZ Bank on Friday.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... ailing eurozone countries, sending markets falling. The euro dipped to $US1.3308 from $US1.3413 late in New York on Wednesday, having fallen as low as $US1.3289 - its lowest level since central banks intervened on markets last week to support banks. ...