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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... less committed to strong growth. The market is about half a per cent lower, which follows similar-sized losses on Wall Street on Friday night. Comments from China's president Xi Jinping over the weekend have concerned some investors about the rate of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... as upbeat American employment and home sales data adds a small bounce. But the third straight session of gains on Wall Street is unlikely to help the local share market finish in firmer territory as the financial year ends, Rivkin global analyst Tim ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... rose to $1.3016 from $1.3012 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied, following big gains on Wall Street, as dealers took a downward revision of US economic growth as a sign the Federal Reserve will not reel in its stimulus program ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Australian market has opened higher following a surge on Wall Street where weak economic news continues to mean good news for share markets. Investors took the US Commerce Department's slashing of first-quarter economic growth projections as a sign ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a Wall Street surge after investors took weak economic data as a sign the Federal Reserve would maintain its aggressive bond-buying program, and after Labor dumped Julia Gillard as leader. At ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... wiped out all of this year's gains. The two main contributing factors were some strong US economic data that led to Wall Street stocks rising and comments from China's central bank that eased fears about its credit crunch. The central bank said it would ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Times like these, I can't tell if the financial market commentariat are just thick or simply plain stupid. Wall Street's up last night - and big time at that - because one 'clever' writer put it down to better than expected US data releases...and the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street helped by data showing more strength and confidence in the US economy and as worries eased over a credit crunch in China. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... markets some breathing room to sober up and intelligently ponder what Ben Bernanke actually told you...I...and Irene. Wall Street finished in the black on the last trading day of last week's volatile trading activity. The S&P 500 index closed 0.27% higher ...