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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mainly negative session on Wall Street overnight. At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,234. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high of 20.33 overnight - a 9.7% increase from the previous day's level - before settling down 4.7% on the up. Admittedly, there is yet nothing to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, after Wall Street was trading lower overnight despite strong gains on European exchanges. NEW YORK - Stocks have clsoed lower after a morning rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above its highest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's private bondholders, taking it one step closer to a chaotic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... Dealers said investors remained cautious with Greece's debt talks continuing and a muted performance on Wall Street overnight. "Against this background, any market rally is likely to remain muted," CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... buoy optimism. Energy and resources jumped after yields on Spanish bonds contracted sharply in its latest bond auction overnight, signalling growing investor confidence in the health of the indebted nation and boosting commodities prices. US stocks gave ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... declining willingness for home purchases." And speaking of housing, that sector remains in the doldrums in America. Overnight reports show that housing starts fell by 4.1% in December to an annualised pace of 0.66 million units - less than market expectations ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... priced for the worse, it would take very little good news to brighten investors' moods. And there were good news a-plenty overnight. China's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 8.9% in the year to the December quarter, taking overall 2011 growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight, despite news that the EU's second-largest economy was stripped of its top credit rating by Standard & Poor's on Friday. ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Europe's equity indices closed on the up and up. Not only that, France's first foray into the debt market absent one A overnight was successful. Investors bought a,-1.9% billion of one-year French notes and... at a lower yield of 0.406. Sale of three ...