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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key Wall Street indices higher, although gold was flat and oil was lower. Copper hit a record high.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market has opened stronger on positive leads from major world markets, and Wall Street, in particular.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received generally positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend. All three key Wall St indices ended higher on Friday, and although both oil and gold fell, silver and copper rose.

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
This cycle is headed up.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was higher at noon on resources and financials, with QBE Insurance Group shares higher after a number of announcements to the market.

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
Tonight's US non-farm payrolls report may disappoint expectations that 145,000 jobs were added in January - and a 9.5 per cent unemployment rate - but all these positive indicators would eventually show up in this lagging indicator.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving weak leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street flat, European markets mixed, Asian markets mostly closed, while precious metals were higher. Oil was down slightly.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was higher at noon on materials, while insurers made gains following the smaller than expected impact of Cyclone Yasi.

Salary prospects brighten

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
The financial services sector is set to experience a growth in recruitment and salaries during 2011 owing to improved market conditions, according to a survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters.

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Economic uncertainty in the Middle East following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt show how intertwined the global economy is with geopolitics, making more volatility the only certainty.