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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street.

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
But whatever the true rationale, the BOJ's announcement appears to have short-circuited the developing negative sentiment on Japan's outlook - at least for the moment.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher.

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Japan needs to fire more arrows - and soon - to prevent negativism to take hold and self-feed into more negativity.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on European markets with Wall Street closed for the Presidents' Day public holiday.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened stronger due to record Chinese credit growth, a strong lead from Wall Street and better-than-expected domestic earnings season.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street markets as investors shrugged off a report showing poor industrial output in January as mainly weather-related.

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week capped off by Valentine's Day.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened half a per cent higher after Wall Street shrugged off disappointing retail sales figures.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street which rallied after several companies reported higher earnings.