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Economics

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with all significant equities indices down sharply, along with base metals. Precious metals were higher, however, as was oil.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as uncertainty over European sovereign debt troubled investors and with a lack of local data to provide direction.

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Volatility would remain the highlight this week due to light volume on America's exchanges as investors, traders and speculators prepare for Thanksgiving.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed to negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets generally lower after bouncing back from deeper falls, while precious metals were higher. Oil fell slightly after also rebounding.

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend, as it awaits the public float of Queensland freight railways, QR National.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by miners after commodities and equities rose during overnight trade.

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
These three are just the latest snippets of the slowly strengthening growth picture in America.

Market Wrap - Morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads as offshore trading continues on Friday morning, with Wall Street's and Europe's key indices substantially higher, as are precious and base metals and oil.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction.