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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... HK$132.60 due to improved trading volume this month, while banking heavyweight HSBC advanced 1.6 per cent to HK$61.60. Edible oil producer Hop Hing jumped 59.1 per cent to HK$0.70, after announcing on Thursday that it had entered into an agreement with ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Corbett, head of investment strategy, BetaShares said. The new ETFs follow the arrival of Australia's first synthetic crude oil ETF earlier this month, with the first currency hedged gold bullion ETF launched by BetaShares in May. "In just over 12 month ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... S&P500 advanced 4.33 per cent and the NASDAQ soared 4.17 per cent. Benchmark futures contact prices for key commodities such as oil, gold and copper were all firmer in offshore trading. The spot price of gold in Sydney was at $US1,749.40 per fine ounce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... fraud with reports of cybercrime targeting businesses around the world skyrocketing, a report said on Tuesday. LONDON - World oil prices have surged as traders reacted to news that protesters had stormed Britain's embassy in Tehran. NEW YORK - Upward ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... replacing current CFO Alex Vanselow. BHP was up 77 cents at $34.82. One stock to fall was Woodside, after its downgrade of 2012 oil and gas production targets on Friday. Woodside shares were down 79 cents, or 2.4 per cent, at $32.57. The spot gold price ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... percent) to 2,521.28 and the S&P 500 was down 4.94 points (0.41 percent) to 1,188.04. Among the Dow's 30 blue chip stocks, oil and gas giant Chevron saw one of the biggest gains, up 0.7 per cent, as oil prices jumped. Oil prices were pushed higher by ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... Mr Ive said. "What we saw was continued risk aversion feeding through into the markets. "We saw gold lower, copper lower, oil lower and that all feeds through into our currencies... particularly the Aussie." At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian dollar ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... throughout the year there appeared to be no let up in worries that keeps one awake at night. Global growth concerns due to rising oil prices (resulting from the "Arab Spring") and the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown in Japan bothered investors in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... market strategist Stan Shamu said. The night's events included a sell-off of commodities, including gold and silver, with oil prices also plunging and giving back the previous night's gains. "It was only natural that resources were going to be the worst ...