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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has climbed higher as investors appear to be looking past Greece's negotiations with bondholders and Australia's jobs figures.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following the positive lead from the US and European markets as optimism grows that Greece will complete its bond swap.

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
Today brought back memories of, and the rationales behind, the optimism that sent equity markets to their highest since the start of the year.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, after US markets suffered their biggest losses since November, on more worries over Europe.

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
And in spite of the headline-grabbing drops in many equity indices, that index of fear - the VIX index - rose to only 20.87 points last night.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open down more than one per cent following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight with investors nervous of a euro zone recession and Greece's debt-swap deal.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Australian stocks were lower at noon as weakness in the materials and metals and minerals sector dragged the broader market into the red.

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Why oh why would PM Wen announce this reduced growth target and decreased dependence on exports now?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's lead after a tempered growth outlook from China.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Monday, with weakness among gold and metals companies offset by a firmer start from the info tech sector.