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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was flat at noon on Thursday, with gains among the banks and losses in the resources sector.

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
To plug regulatory gaps that the Whitehouse believes precipitated the GFC, President Obama has proposed the biggest change to financial oversight since the New Deal.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after losses on Wall Street and in Europe, although commodity prices rose after a sell-off earlier in the week.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon as investors repositioned themselves following recent gains, while weaker metals and oil prices weighed on resources stocks, particularly BHP Billiton.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a second day of falls on Wall Street as disappointing economic data gave investors a reason to continue to sell stocks.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was around one per cent weaker at noon on Tuesday, as resources slumped on the back of lower commodities prices.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after significant falls on Wall Street and in Europe as profit-taking hit commodity-based stocks.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon, weighed down by the resources sector on the back of lower commodity prices in London on Friday night.

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Not as good as it got before. Wall Street ended last week's activity with a performance you wouldn't write home to your mother about. So did equity markets in Europe.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after thin trade in the US on Friday and falls in key commodity prices.