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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index again led Wall Street sharply lower, closing out a dreary week at its lowest level in more than two months.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Australian stocks are giving up many of the week's gains in response to a technology sector driven slide on Wall Street overnight.

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Wall Street had a big fall overnight providing evidence to those who claim the previous day's bounce was that of a deceased feline.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a lift in US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures.

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Well that's if you extrapolate current trends into the future and assume that economies operate in a vacuum and that governments and central banks would sit idly by and watch everything go kaboom and other economic agents don't adjust accordingly...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, highlighted by a 20 per cent-plus surge in the shares of takeover target David Jones.

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Less than a year into the job - and doing nothing but introducing forward guidance - Mark Carney's presiding over an economy that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted -- only last night - to be the fastest growing among the G7 this year.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is set for a positive start to trade, after a slight recovery in technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher.