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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market was higher in early trade following on from Wednesday's strong gains and Wall Street hitting record highs overnight. The gains mark a strong start to the new fiscal year after what has been a flat to weak period for Australian ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... high and the Nasdaq (though still about 11% away) is climbing steadily towards the dotcom high established in March 2000. Wall Street's jump was reportedly due to Independence Day for the US economy - that is, last night's payroll stats - employment ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street where both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 reached record highs for a third straight session. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Hartley. Six months into his role at the fund, the former NAB exec told Financial Standard he thought the writing was on the wall for the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default superannuation. "We're already operating on the assumption ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market was higher in early trade following on from Wednesday's strong gains and Wall Street hitting record highs overnight. The gains mark a strong start to the new fiscal year after what has been a flat to weak period for Australian ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Yippee-kay-yay! But - yes there's still a but - this excellent one-month data point begs the question, "why, oh why, oh why was Wall Street's reaction subdued overnight when it jumped - big time - on 'sort of' good data points the night before"? Heck ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
A rebound in the local banking sector has helped the Australian share market to open higher, after Wall Street stocks surged to new records. Strong Chinese manufacturing figures and surprisingly good US car sales pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... You'd be jingling your bells and singing hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what happened on 'The Street' last night. Wall Street went on a tear, sending the Dow (up 0.8%), the S&P 500 (up 0.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 1.1%) indices up, up and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
oh there we have it folks! Wall Street ends the last day of the month, the quarter and the first six months of 2014, to quote T.S. Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower ...