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Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... started out good enough with an up Monday, cheered by Apple's dividend and buyback announcement. But that was about it. Tuesday was down because of China concerns. Wednesday was down because of less than expected US existing home sales. Wall Street was ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... went through - at the 11th hour as it has always been with anything to do with Greece. The uncertainty hit a high point Tuesday last week, pulling the DJ Euro Stoxx index down by 3.4% - its biggest one-day drop since November last year. What happens ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... 17 cents at $20.39, ANZ sagged 22 cents at $21.87, and Commonwealth Bank slipped 51 cents to $48.07. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks registered their biggest losses of the year amid concerns about a looming Greek debt swap and slowing global economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... growing scepticism that the deal can really work. Dealers said that after months of uncertainty, news of the rescue deal on Tuesday was a bit of an anti-climax given doubts about the underlying sums and with Greece's economy seen as too weak to meet ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... 107.94 US cents, down from 108.18 cents on Wednesday afternoon. The local currency has enjoyed an impressive rally since Tuesday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by keeping the cash rate on hold at 4.25 per cent. The RBA ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... while trading within a tight range ahead of a key Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 107.15, down from 107.25 on Monday afternoon. From 0700 AEDT, the Australian dollar has ...

Planners double allocation to term deposits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... pricing in an 80% probability that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut rates by 25 basis points to 4% when it meets on Tuesday, with a 100 basis point drop to 3.25% forecast by November 2012, according to Katz. "It's really a question of timing," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... Ltd posts its second quarter production report and OZ Minerals Ltd its fourth quarter production report. In Australia on Tuesday, stocks closed at their highest level in five weeks after better than expected Chinese economic growth buoyed already optimistic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... following Europe's lead which shrugged off a wave of ratings downgrades to end in positive territory. At 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,137. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... per cent, or 109.04 points, to 19,204.42. But Shanghai, which soared a total of more than five per cent on Monday and Tuesday, fell 1.34 per cent, or 30.34 points, to 2,244.58, with investors awaiting concrete steps by the government to ease monetary ...