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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon, led by strong performances by the healthcare and information technology sectors and supported by rises among the nation's big miners and banks.

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger after a resurgence on Wall Street overnight as fears eased over Greece's debt crisis.

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Has Wall Street suddenly gone loco - surging at a time like this?

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon as nervous investors wait to see if the Greek debt crisis will move nearer to resolution.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open around one per cent lower today after US stocks fell due to fresh concerns about the financial stability of the eurozone.

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Short of kicking the can further down the road, European authorities can't seem to agree on a workable solution to the problem.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
The Australian share market defied a weak offshore lead to make marginal gains in opening trade, buoyed by strength in materials and financials stocks.

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fresh events and reports released overnight really did not add to what we already know.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was weaker on Thursday following negative offshore leads overnight.

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The US Federal Reserve has spoken and financial markets didn't like what they heard, for they didn't listen.