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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street stocks provided no clear lead, base metals generally were higher, and gold and oil were up up on Friday.

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally higher at noon, with gains from the big resource stocks offsetting falls in the banking sector.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US equities and metals, including gold and copper, increased overnight.

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
As agriculture continues to outperform, the push for sustainable biofuels will only increase investor appetite for investment opportunities in the sector.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was up at noon, with the major miners driving the local bourse higher.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after commodities including gold, oil and copper advanced overnight.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket opened higher, led by investment firms Macquarie Group and Babcock & Brown, after US stocks gained the most in two weeks overnight on optimism the worst of the credit crisis may be over.

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
After months of share market swings, interest rate rises and petrol price jumps, news that house prices might climb 40 per cent over the next five years didn't quite get the reception you would have expected.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Resource stocks may decline after commodity prices fell overnight, however.