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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up 2.5 per cent.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Australian shares remained in positive territory at noon but had shed some of their early gains from morning trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe.

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
So now that that the A-dollar is below parity, does that mean that the market no longer has a "positive view of Australia's relative economic strength"?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street's Dow Jones finished just 35 points higher on Friday, but Asian markets closed the week lower.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon following tumbles on Wall Street and European bourses overnight, as a cocktail of negative economic data weighed on investor sentiment.

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping every bit of confidence left among governments, businesses, investors and households.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street lost more than 3.5 per cent and European stocks also fell sharply overnight.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian share market is more than two per cent lower at noon amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook.

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
I would have stayed with my furs and love for honey had the Fed insisted on mere platitudes and jawboning the economy out of its stupor.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell almost 2.5 per cent overnight.