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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... cent, at 3,046.36. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing index (PMI) showed that activity contracted noticeably in April after a small dip in March. The index fell 5.6 index points ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... expectations." I tend to agree. This is because given the rolling announcements of layoffs in the banking sector, the manufacturing sector, the tourism sector, the retail sector, etc., "large parts of the economy" are indeed showing "signs of weakness". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... whether to alter the official interest rate. Also, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April is due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev delivers a speech ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Netherlands suggested diminishing support for using drastic budget cuts to fix the debt crisis. A survey of the eurozone's manufacturing and services sectors, the so-called composite purchase managers' index published by Markit, fell in April - to 47.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... that: "... the economy continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace from mid-February through late March." "Manufacturing continued to expand in most Districts, with gains noted in automotive and high-technology industries." "Reports on retail spending ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... inertia is because they do not understand the products themselves. "Wall Street has done such an outstanding job of manufacturing confusing financial paraphernalia, it seems securities regulators themselves don't understand the very products they are ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... telling us. For instance, the latest update of that tried and tested leading indicator of the economy - the ISM manufacturing index - showed that activity is accelerating and not slowing. But should the bears get what they wish for - that the disappointing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... 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 0.11 per cent to 5868.67 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The Australian market has opened stronger due to firm commodity prices and positive manufacturing data from the US. At 1012 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.5 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,340.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...