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Economics

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from overseas trade overnight. Wall Streets key indices were lower, but commodities were mixed. European markets were higher.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The Australian share market was flat in morning trade, as mining stocks buoyed by the election outcome offset mixed results in other sectors.

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
A more sustained downward pressure on Australian equities would likely come from Wall Street or China... not because Brown and the Independents hold Tony and Julia by the cojones.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received clearly negative leads for trading on Monday, with key Wall Street indices ending flat to lower on Friday. Commodities broadly were lower, too.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market's downward run continued to noon on Friday, after opening lower following losses on Wall Street overnight and disappointing profit results.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose.

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Economic growth one day, double-dip the next. It highlights investors' current investing principle -- living from one data release to the next.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was flat at noon after company profit results failed to inspire many investors.

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
It's also true of today's investors who behave more like traders and speculators. Acting and reacting to each and every single number spat out by individual data and survey releases.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results.