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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Strong leads from overnight trade and a high profit result from Westpac led the Australian share higher at noon.

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
This is where it gets sticky, a conundrum if you will, for Australia. Because more Fed purchases of US Treasuries would lower their yields and devalue the US dollar.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight. All key indices are higher, as are precious and base metals and oil.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
The Australian share market is fractionally lower at noon as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia's rates decision.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, although the late fall on Wall Street will exercise a restraining influence on trading on Tuesday. Precious metals were lower, but base metals and oil were more buoyant.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
The Australian share market continued to strengthen in morning trade to be up by over 0.8 per cent at noon, led by the resources and banking sectors.

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
The Australian market has mixed flat to positive leads from offshore trading overnight on Friday.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, after receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight.

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The US Federal Reserve wants to get the quantum of its quantitative easing 2 just right.