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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on US and European markets overnight amid fears of political turmoil in Spain and Italy.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market has opened higher after positive overseas leads and gains for the mining giants.

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Don't look now...but contagion's happening once again - but it's flipped on its back, it's the kind of contagion we like, it's the positive kind.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a stellar performance on Wall Street at the end of the week with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a fall on Wall Street, supported by gains in the financial and resources sectors.

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
This year, it looks like it's the others who have become greedy. Most stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town showed positive performances at the end of the first month of the New Year.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian share market is relatively flat despite a fall on Wall Street overnight.

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street after data showed that the US economy contracted in the fourth quarter last year.

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts.