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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... down to $US1.3165 from $US1.3188 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed with bargain-hunting offset by a weak lead from Wall Street and gloomy data out of the eurozone. The euro and US dollar rebounded slightly against the ...

Second UK client for IRESS

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... provider this morning announced its full year results, where it said that the performance of its wealth technology business offset some of the setbacks in other parts of the business. IRESS' posted $54.4 million in group profit, down 9 per cent from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday, closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lifted 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5,098.7 points ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Australian stock market has opened flat, with strong gains in consumer discretionary stocks offset by weakness in mining-related sectors. At 1027 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.1 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,967.2 points ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
The insiders are selling! The insiders are selling! But before this let's switch over to our man on Wall Street. Hold on...our man, Mr. Bloomberg (not New York's Mayor but the "premier site for business and financial market news"), seems confused. At ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Shirakawa said he would step down early. Traders also took a lead from Wall Street and Europe, where encouraging economic data offset concerns over political uncertainty in Spain and Italy. Tokyo soared 3.37 per cent, or 416.83 points, to 11,463.75 - ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... falls were for vegetables (-5.7 per cent) due to favourable growing and weather conditions though the fall was partially offset by rises in poultry (6.0 per cent), fruit (1.7 per cent) and cakes and biscuits (1.7 per cent). Also down were the prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... Australia had hit its earnings but a better than expected performance from its operations in South America and Europe would offset the weaker Australian business. Its shares had fallen 50 cents, or 7.9 per cent, to $5.83 by 1055 AEDT. Meanwhile, building ...