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Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... better! Investors switched out of defensives and back into riskier asset markets while we were asleep, sending equity and commodity markets higher. Equity markets in Europe and America closed sharply overnight. The FTSE-100 gained 1.5 per cent, the Stoxx-600 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0655 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 52 points higher at 4,587 points. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after equity and commodity markets declined on Friday on reports that China would take further steps to keep its economy from growing too fast. At 0654 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... managing director, Jim Minto. Minto continues to argue that life insurance is "not a price and value sensitive consumer commodity product". In turn, he pointed out that large players with power can create reduced choice and impose higher prices for cover. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... system in Europe," he said. "We're starting to see the flow-through effect of better metal prices and a more stable commodity outlook and it's really underpinning a lot of the market." He said Alumina's decision to return to paying dividends, along with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... is the Housing Industry Association's new home sales report for December and the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices for January. In company news, Argo Investments Ltd releases first half results and Navitas Ltd issues annual results. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said the market had opened strongly despite oil and commodity prices suffering heavy falls overnight. "Tomorrow is the GDP numbers for the US market, so it's probably a little bit tentative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... quarter production reports. On Thursday the Australian share market closed lower, weighed down by stocks leveraged to commodity markets and China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 41 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 4,827.2 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... results from IBM Corp and Morgan Stanley added to the market's angst. At the same time, a spike in the dollar pushed commodity prices sharply lower, hurting stocks of energy companies and materials producers. At one stage, the Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0650 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 points higher at 4,876. In economics news ...