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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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Monday, with weakness among gold and metals companies offset by a firmer start from the info tech sector. At 1027 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 4,272.5 points, while the ...

Westpac posts $1.4 billion profit to December 31

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... attributed a $200 million fall in market related income to a "more challenging operating environment" but said it was partially offset by profits on asset sales, as well as "the accelerated recognition of establishment fees in the Institutional Bank". ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The Australian market opened marginally lower in quite trade on Friday, with gains in the gold and telecoms sectors offset by weakness among metals and minerals, and materials stocks. At 1028 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... creeps back up and you have capital loss from buying at these levels...and there's no appreciation that's going to help you offset inflation, which is obviously a drag on everyone's savings."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... 2,848.27. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday as positive Chinese manufacturing helped to offset concerns over dragging talks on a crucial Greek debt write-down deal. Dealers said hopes of a soft landing for the Chinese ...