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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over one per cent higher at noon, trading almost at a nine month high, as Rio Tinto and other commodity-related stocks gained.

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Final inning. Yes folks, this is the month's last inning. Will the end days of July mark the seventh moon of 2009 as the return of the bulls? Or will it mark when the bears built up the courage to mount a comeback?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher after a mostly positive lead from the US and the commodity market.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon after strong leads from the US.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received solid leads from overseas after US stocks surged and oil prices gained overnight.

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Given positive underlying and valuation fundamentals, any pullback in Australian equities should be taken as buying opportunities.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was lower at noon with little substantive lead from the US and mixed commodity prices.

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Aussie investors relying on overnight movements on Wall Street to show them what today's trading activity has in store for them in their own market - up, down or upside down - would have to (gulp!) rely on their own judgment.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell and oil prices dropped overnight.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon lifted by mining stocks, and following a rise on Wall Street overnight.