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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... releases annual results, and Wesfarmers Ltd releases first quarter retail sales figures. AGL Energy Ltd, Transfield Services Ltd, UGL Ltd and Amcor Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed weaker as local equities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market at noon continued to trade lower after United States markets fell in the wake of disappointing housing data and more concerns about the recovery in the US economy. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
The see on Wall Street sawed again last night. Three days of positive performance wiped out last night. The Dow closed 1.4 per cent lower while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both lost 1.7 per cent. Why? Because the positive outlook on the US economy that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... continued climbing off Monday's strong profit announcement, with its share price $1.06 or 3.46 per cent higher to $31.66. UGL Ltd was another strong performer, Mr Potter said, with its stock up 33 cents or 2.4 per cent to $14.10. UGL increased full-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... on Tuesday. Annual results are expected from Commonwealth Property Office Trust, CFS Retail Property Trust, OneSteel Ltd, UGL Ltd, SAI Global Ltd, Primary Health Care Ltd, Challenger Wine Trust, GWA International Ltd and Sky City Entertainment Group ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Another set of dismal data again failed to get Wall Street down last night. Big-named US companies that reported their second quarter results overnight came up short of expectations and worse, some even downgraded their earnings guidance. Data out on ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Wall Street's weekend may have done it some good. It left pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Did anyone hear that loud thud on Wall Street over the weekend? So what do we do now? Are we back on track for very slow growth - at worst, a double-dip -- and all the sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
"And now I'm fallin' Fallin' fast again..." -Fallin, Teri de Sario It had to happen today, didn't it? EOFY would not be a happy one for Australia given the ugly lead from Wall Street and European bourses while we were sleeping. SPI futures trading says ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
It was another ho-hum moment on Wall Street overnight. The Dow went down less than 1 per cent, then up less than 1 per cent, then closed 0.1 per cent higher. The same goes for the S&P 500 index... well, almost. It went down less than 1 per cent, up ...