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Market wrap late PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Aust stocks open marginally higher

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Xmas must really be coming in early this year.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and ahead of the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's October board meeting minutes.

Market Wrap - late AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened flat after better than expected Chinese trade figures balanced weak leads from Wall Street and Europe.

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Financial markets were scared off their socks that not a few failed to notice indications that, just as Halloween, Xmas too may be coming in early.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed lead from the US where stocks gave up early gains on firm bank earnings and a rise in consumer confidence on Friday with worries about the new earnings season clouding optimism.

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat after mixed leads from Wall Street and European markets.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, Sep 2012" report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics good or bad?

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Australian stocks are half a per cent weaker, with declines in the materials and financial sectors leading the broader market lower.