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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... direction. Losses were broad-based across all sectors after copper, oil and gold prices all fell in offshore trade on Thursday. The materials sector led the downward trend, falling 1.95 per cent. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,664.75 per fine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... eurozone debt crisis. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.05 US cents, up from 101.89 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday, the local unit traded between 101.02 US cents and 102.26 cents. The Australian dollar started ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... airline announcing it expected at least 7,000 of its passengers to be affected by strikes at airports across the country on Thursday. Qantas baggage handlers and ground crew are holding rolling strikes throughout the day, forcing the airline to cancel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday after a positive lead from the US and European markets. At 0655 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 35 points at 4,249. In economic news on Thursday, The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... zero to 57,000. The bond market fell. The 10-year Treasury bond yield increased to 2.07 per cent from 1.99 per cent late Thursday, while the 30-year yield rose to 3.02 per cent from 2.95 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said trading volumes were average, and likely to end on par with Thursday, when the market leapt the most in almost three years. Turnover was 899.6 million shares worth $2.71 billion. She said investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... managing director Philip Gentry is due to address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon. In Australia, on Thursday shares gained about $45 billion in value as the market leaped the most in almost three years on renewed optimism a solution ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... optimism a solution is near at hand on the eurozone debt crisis. The local bourse opened more than one per cent higher on Thursday after Wall Street surged for its second straight day. By 1200 AEST both major local indices had climbed higher, with the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday after the major markets in Europe and Wall Street gained overnight. At 0647 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 74 points at 4,009. No major economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... shares to lift higher than they did after Germany's parliament ended weeks of speculation about Europe's rescue fund on Thursday, by approving an expansion of the fund after the local market closed. By 1208 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen ...