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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Greece. Nomura head of foreign exchange Kurt Magnus said the decision to delay the meeting saw the Australian dollar fall overnight but it had recovered since the Greek leaders agreed to provide the written commitments. "There is nothing to suggest a ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... a slap on my face the S&P 500 index, for instance, gyrated only between down 0.4% and up 0.32% before closing 0.15% overnight. Ouch! The official measure of volatility -- the VIX index -- closed below 20 overnight. This is down from above 20 reading ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
There's a certain kind of hush all over the world overnight as financial markets turned their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... optimism that we could get a deal sometime this week, and key policy makers in Europe seem to think that a deal is close." Overnight, Greek ministers began their final meeting to agree on austerity measures required for the bailout. The European Central ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, despite positive moves on Wall Street overnight, after the Reserve Bank of Australia left the official interest rate on hold. NEW YORK - US stocks closed in positive territory on Tuesday, clawing back from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... Australian market looks set to open up after closing higher on Monday but following a dismay showing on Wall Street overnight. At 0824 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 4,271. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... market had opened strongly as investors prepared for the first week of local earnings reports. "We had a very strong overnight session in the US, so we've followed on from that," Mr Chatterton said. "The gains are pretty well across the whole market." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... showing a surge in exports and a widening trade surplus gave further impetus to mining stocks after a rises in commodities overnight on the back of European, Chinese and US manufacturing boosted shares. A successful bond auction by Portugal and hopes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong positive lead from both the US and Europe overnight. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 49 points at 4,242. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... was down three cents to $21.44. Energy, resources and industrial shares all lost ground after commodity prices eased overnight amid the global sense of risk aversion. AAP cah/cdh SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Australian shares have posted another slow start after ...