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Economics

AMP appoints new credit markets head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AMP Capital Investors has appointed former QIC head of global credit Jeff Brunton as their new head of credit markets.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on mixed commodity prices and no lead from Wall St, which is closed for a public holiday.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Australian shares were down in morning trade, dragged by a poor US lead and base metals prices lower overnight.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative US lead and lower oil and base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 60 points at 6364.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
Australian shares traded in a small range this morning, leaving them marginally down at midday after a weak lead from the US and a rise in oil and gold prices.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive US lead. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 32 points at 6491.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
The Australian share market had lost nearly two per cent by midday today after a broker downgraded a major US institution related to suB-prime mortgage writedowns and lower base metal prices hit resource stocks.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative US lead. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 114 points at 6422.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Australian stocks had made respectable gains by midday today following a modest lead from Wall St's Friday close and mixed metal prices.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The Australian share market has had a mixed lead from Friday trading,with Wall Street up half a percentage point, oil up, gold and silver flat, and London metals mostly down.