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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following big falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, with gains among the big miners helping defy a weak lead from offshore markets.

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The thing is all this anxiety, this trepidation and these jitters have blinded investors to the good that's still out there.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were down close to two per cent at noon with the resources-linked sectors doing it toughest on a day of broad-based declines.

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the 'Sword of Damocles' is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and political turmoil in Greece.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened lower, with local market players taking their cues from a poor night on Wall Street as the political gridlock in Greece dominated trading.

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Something tells me we'll be in for something good - again. But we may have to wait till the scare gets even more pronounced.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight.