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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... index was down 41 points at 3,723. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head of financial stability department Luci Ellis addresses the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies on "The Global Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Countermeasures". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for March is released. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will publish its skilled job vacancies survey. The Australian Office of Financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for US government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.25 per cent to 7,924.56.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... all turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. Investors had been nervous about the government's ability to fund its economic stimulus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... showed an unexpected rise in new home sales and orders for US-made durable goods after six month declines. The Commerce Department said orders for US-made durable manufactured goods rose 3.4 per cent from January, the highest increase since December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... surprising increase in home sales. Major stock indicators surged more than six per cent, including the Dow. The Treasury Department's bad asset cleanup program would tap money from the government's $US700 billion ($A1.02 trillion) financial rescue fund ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... night there was tangible US data showing that the housing sector might -- repeat might -- be healing. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts rose to an annualised pace of 583,000 in February, a 22 per cent jump from the previous month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... regained some lost ground on Friday after a jobs report that was bad but not as horrific as many traders feared. The Labor Department said employers cut 651,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate jumped to 8.1 per cent. The government also upwardly ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... ongoing uncertainty about the financial system. The market is also extremely anxious ahead of Friday's February Labor Department report that is likely to show the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Better-than-expected retail sales and factory orders ...