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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The local share market is in negative territory with pain from the banks and mining giant BHP Billiton.

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The immediate implication of this report is, at the very least, the Fed would tone down rates lift-off cries into a whisper.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell sharply as a selloff in semiconductors, fed by a downgrade on suppliers, spread to the broader market.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian share market had inched slightly higher on light turnover.

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell amid signs that US inflation is rising.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market has started the session on a positive note, led by gains in the resources space.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly rose as gains in consumer shares helped boost benchmarks back near records.

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
What is also true is that a go-slow Fed has also eased the upward pressure on the greenback or, seen through Australian eyes, reduced downward pressure on the Australian dollar.