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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... settled firmer, while oil ended weaker. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,656.10 per fine ounce, up $US12.365 from Thursday's local close of $US1,643.735 per ounce. Newcrest Mining was 18.5 cents lower at $30.085, while Kingsgate Consolidated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Hywood is scheduled to address American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower after weaker metals prices weighed on mining stocks along with concerns about China's demand for commodities. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... added 0.26 per cent to 3,487.48 points. The European single currency fell to $1.3115 from $1.3274 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have closed higher after Greece's private creditors signed up to a deal that will see them write ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... billionaire Richard Chandler had decided against investing in Gunns. Gunns shares last traded at 16 cents. On Wall Street on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index gained 70.61 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 12,907.94 points on news that Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... international trade in goods and services data for January. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed stronger after three consecutive days of losses on views that there is a reduced likelihood of a Greek debt default ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... investors appear to be looking past Greece's negotiations with bondholders and Australia's jobs figures. At 1200 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.2 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 4,160.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... positive lead from the US and European markets as optimism grows that Greece will complete its bond swap. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 4,160. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... release of GDP (gross domestic product) figures for the euro zone overnight. There was also heightened uncertainty ahead of Thursday's deadline for Greek bondholders to accept a debt swap deal. Rumours that a slack participation rate by private investors ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... possibility that it may default (again). It's another moment of truth for the country in ruins. Bondholders have until Thursday (their time) to exchange their existing Greek bonds for new ones with longer maturities, lower coupons and a 53.5% discount ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... the Ibex was 0.18 per cent higher at 8,563.4 points. The euro retreated to $US1.3196 from $US1.3311 in New York late on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets' upward trend since the start of the year has continued as optimism was boosted by a fresh set ...