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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, boosted by stronger mining stocks on the back of improved prices for commodities.

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
You can rest easy now for Bloomberg has just found the golden ticket to ride the equity market.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained on positive US jobless figures.

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market has opened higher, led by industrial stocks with exposure to the US and the major banks heading into reporting season.

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Traders relying on algorithms to buy or sell must have taken a big hit from the flash crash last night

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong rises on international markets overnight as traders focused on corporate earnings and brushed aside weaker-than-expected economic data out of Germany and China.

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
The financial markets' response thus far shows that Japan's latest experiment is working.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street and a mixed performance on European markets as traders balanced political progress in Italy, with the surprise re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano, with disappointing earnings ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened more than a third of a per cent higher.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as investors eyed the G20 summit and upcoming IMF and World Bank spring meetings focused on global economic strains.