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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season.

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season.

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
With only two trading days left in the first moon of 2012, the domestic bourse looks set to finish January on the up and up - a positive indication of things to come if you believe the January effect.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher. At 0632 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4255.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
The Australian share market at noon on Friday was higher, led by the resources and materials sector, following a decision by the US central bank to keep interest rates low for longer.

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Cash would earn zero "at least through late 2014", not anymore "at least through mid-2013" which the Fed started professing back in August last year to remove the uncertainty of its previous "for an extended period" phrase.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, after Wall Street was trading lower overnight despite strong gains on European exchanges.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Australian shares climb after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt.

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
IMF slashes world growth forecasts. Yeah...and?