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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
The Australian share market opened flat on the back of a mixed night of overseas trading.

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Financial markets are better off tracking actual economic, business and financial statistics to gauge future direction.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell amid lingering doubts over Spain's bailout package.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has fallen as investors sell off local mining stocks following falls on Wall Street.

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
And so here we are, still caught between the good and the bad news; still clueless on which of these snippets of partial indicators ultimately dominate the global outlook.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street overnight as investors digest a positive start to the US earnings season, a eurozone deal to help support Spain and its banks, and disappointing Chinese trade data.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened higher, driven by lower than expected falls on US markets overnight.

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
While Greece et al are at the chopping end of credit downgrades, the Philippines is getting upgraded and it's now one notch below investment grade.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight following a spike in Spanish bond yields.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost one per cent lower in line with falls in the US after the release of a disappointing jobs report there on Friday.