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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The local stock market has opened flat as gains by the major banks offset losses by mining giant BHP Billiton. At 1014 AEST on Wednesday, the All Ordinaries was up 3.5 points, or 0.07, at 5,072.3. CommSec analyst Savanth Sebastian said BHP's weaker ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly gained following some solid retail earnings reports and with help from bond yields, which retreated from recent peaks. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
Australian shares are lower as grim company outlooks and falls on international markets weigh down the market. At 1017 AEST on Tuesday, the All Ordinaries was down 49.7 points, or 0.97, at 5,052.6. CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said the bleak ...

NAB tight-lipped on latest redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has put the latest string of redundancies down to "natural attrition", after it was reported that around 15 members of NAB's custody arm, NAB Asset Servicing, had lost their jobs. This followed last week's large scale redundancies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Australian shares are flat, with rises in energy companies underpinning much of the market. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said several market heavyweights, including the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra, going ex-dividend were weighing on the market. But ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the local market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after better-than-expected US jobless claims figures stoked fears of early US Federal Reserve stimulus tapering. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Australia, a middle power between China and US

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Australia is seen as a regional "middle power" which gravitates between China and the United States, and can benefit from the Asian giant's turn towards an economy more focused on consumption. "Australia is a middle power and it has a different concept ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Australian share market is flat, but the mining giants are bucking the trend to open in firmer territory. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said rising commodity prices since the end of last week, on the back of upbeat Chinese trade data, was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after falls on Wall Street despite strong Chinese economic data. At 0748 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5004. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...