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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Further falls in the iron ore price and weak leads from Wall Street are weighing on the Australian share market.

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Whether or not there's a better take-up in December or the succeeding quarters of next year through to June 2016 is moot, the real issue is whether banks and other lenders would on-lend those cheap ECB money into the real economy.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street endured its third straight day of losses.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has picked up as investors rebound from the sell-off on Monday and a poor start on Tuesday.

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell decisively amid profit taking and anxiety about Chinese economic growth.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as the big four banks and resources companies suffer significant falls.

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks.

Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed result on Wall Street where the Dow reached another record high but the Nasdaq fell.