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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing that gains that reached a four-and-a-half year high and as the Dow Jones extends its record-breaking run. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
The Australian market is weaker as falling commodity prices hit key resources stocks and the US Federal Reserve hints at a possible policy change. At 1022 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 30.9 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 5,067.9 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has lost ground as investors sell out from key resources stocks on the back of global miner Rio Tinto's profit results. Yet, the local bourse continues to rally above 5,000 points for a third straight day. At 1200 AEDT on ...

CBA wealth division posts strong rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm has posted a net after tax profit of $334 million, its half-year result shows. The profit growth in the wealth division, which includes Colonial First State, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has rebounded slightly from its weak start. At 1045 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.3 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,916.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 3.8 points, or 0.08 per ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market has opened higher after positive overseas leads and gains for the mining giants. At 1024 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.6 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4,933.7, and the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Frontier markets have begun 2013 strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street after data showed that the US economy contracted in the fourth quarter last year. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
The State Street Investor Confidence Index has risen for the second consecutive month. Up 5.4 points from December's revised reading of 81.4 to reach 86.8, State Street Global Markets, the investment research arm of the financial services giant, said ...