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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... $22.69, and National Australia Bank was 19 cents higher at $25.36. European stocks rose sharply as robust corporate results offset weak economic data and markets waited for the US Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision. National turnover was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... and Boeing, gained 18.72 (1.36 per cent) to 1,390.69. LONDON - European stocks rose sharply as robust corporate results offset weak economic data and markets waited for the US Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision. A strong start on Wall Street ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower after a rise in domestic job advertisements for the third straight month failed to offset disappointing US employment figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27.5 points, or 0.64 per cent, at 4,292.3 ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... 4% target. This is good news for Australia. Good news too that the RBA has more than sufficient firepower to deploy to offset what is expected to be a tough budget. However, the thing to fear is the latest update on the US labour market. The Labor Department ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... 1,413.31. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have retreated as fears that the eurozone debt crisis was resurfacing in Spain offset solid manufacturing data from the US and China. In afternoon deals, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies was down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... index's best first quarter since 1998. LONDON - European stock markets rebounded sharply as a solid US manufacturing survey offset poor data earlier that triggered fresh worries over the eurozone debt crisis. At the close in Europe on Monday, London's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... disappointing Chinese figures, analysts say. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a surprise trade surplus from Japan was offset by more weak data out of China, adding to concerns over a slowdown in the world's second largest economy. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... were the best-performing sector at the open, having risen 0.62 per cent according to IRESS data. However, those gains were offset by weakness among metals and minerals stocks (down 0.18 per cent) and in the materials sector (down 0.14 per cent). RBS ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... $35.21, Oil Search shed eight cents to $7.06 and Santos was three cents lower at $14.54. Gains in the financial sector partly offset weaker resources stocks, with the major banks modestly higher. ANZ was up 15 cents at $22.45, Commonwealth Bank gained ...

Life Insurance investment revenue takes a hit

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... stats for the industry to the year ending 31 December 2011, the regulator said $14.17 bn of investment income was mainly offset by realised and unrealised losses of $12.54 bn. This compares to losses the previous year of $332 million. APRA put total ...