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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon on Tuesday as traders showed confidence in equities following news that the US was unlikely to raise interest rates soon.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street ending flat, and Europe and Asian markets closed mixed, as were key commodities.

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
There's the other group of emerging markets and its name is Latin America.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian sharemarket at noon on Monday was higher as a positive lead from US markets and merger and acquisition activity buoyed investors.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore, with Wall Street closing higher and oil prices settling firmer.

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The March US employment numbers are gold - or more accurately, goldilocks. They're strong enough to keep optimism and hopes for a more durable US economic recovery alive but not too strong to spark anxiety at the Fed.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher at noon as speculation re-emerged that Shell could sell its stake in Woodside to BHP.

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
It's a wrap. The first quarter of 2011 is officially ended and it's another victory for the bulls. And that's no bull.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices closing mixed after Europe was lower and Asia generally higher. Metals and oil were higher, too.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
The Australian share market edged back into the black by noon despite end-of-quarter profit taking and weakness in the energy sector weighing on the market.