Friday At The Close Video
The ASX 200 ends around session lows with a loss of 76pts or 1.36%. The Index has also shed 0.5% for the week.
Read MoreThe ASX 200 ends around session lows with a loss of 76pts or 1.36%. The Index has also shed 0.5% for the week.
Read MoreOn an ugly overnight lead from Wall St the S&P/ASX200 lost 76.5 points or -1.38% on volume of $4 billion, closing at 5556.4.
Read MoreNo joy for the markets from the release of two key data releases in the US overnight.
Read MoreA fairly dramatic day yesterday on market for shares in Perth-based gold miner Regis Resources (RRL) after the company revealed asset impairments that could be as much as $280 million.
Read MoreSigns are growing that the Japanese economy, our second biggest export market, is weaker than thought, and that the impact of the radical economic policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are fading.
Read MoreThings continue to get worse for embattled Sydney women’s fashionwear retailer, Noni B (NBL) with yet another earnings downgrade and a loss for 2013-14 that could approach $8 million.
Read MoreAll Ords closed at a fresh 6-yr high for the 3rd day. Commonwealth Bank cracked through another record high today; hitting $83.92 at midday.
Read MoreThe market added on 10 points on Thursday on volume of $3.6bn closing at 5632.9.
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Read MoreThe latest Australian Property Monitors research shows property prices are continuing to rise across most capital cities, with a 1.9% increase during the June quarter.
Read MoreAussie dollar falls from US93.21c to US93.08c after the economic data but recovers to US93.15c after investors focus on credit figures.
Read MoreSteven Daghlian provides a mid-session financial market update.
Read MoreA sharp fall in dairy prices for NZ farmers has raised the question if the country’s economy is heading for a slowdown much larger than anyone was thinking a week ago when the Reserve Bank of NZ lifted its official cash rate for a fourth time to 3.5%.
Read MoreA disappointing production outlook for 2014-15 saw Beach Energy’s (BPT) shares sink 3% yesterday, to close at $1.705.
Read MoreDespite pulling back a touch from the highs reached at midday, the Australian market still managed to close at a fresh six – year high. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose by 0.6 per cent and improved for the 12th time in 16 trading sessions. With only one day remaining this month, local shares have surged by 4.3 per cent in July; making it the best month in a year for the Australian market.
Read MoreBy the end of the session on Wednesday the S&P/ASX200 has gained 34.5 points or +0.61% on volume of $3.6 billion, closing at 5622.9.
Read MoreLeighton Holdings (LEI) looks like a massive restructuring, with writedowns, losses as well as asset impairments.
Read MoreEducation services provider Navitas (NVT) remains confident of its outlook, despite suffering a sharp fall in profit for the year to June 30 from the loss of a contract with Macquarie University in Sydney from 2016.
Read MoreBy the end of the session on Tuesday the S&P/ASX200 added 11 points or +0.20% on volume of $3.1 billion, closing at 5588.4.
Read MoreDespite a late attempt by the market to finish firmer, local shares slipped on the close to end in the red for the second session. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 0.08 per cent, while volume was light ahead of key reports later this week.
Read MoreTom Piotrowski provides a mid-session financial market update.
Read MoreFriday bought some conflicting reports about 2013-14 profitability from two middle ranking industrial stocks.
Read MoreA febrile time for financial markets this week. The conjunction of a number of key reports in the US this week, overlain by the possible default by Argentina on up to $US29 billion of its debt, could trigger another bout of fear and loathing on all financial markets in the coming week.
Read MoreGold futures edged higher on Friday night in US trading as traders picked up on the emergence of low level concerns about Argentina and corporate debt, and the continuing tensions in Ukraine and Gaza.
Read MoreDespite a late attempt by the market to finish firmer, local shares slipped on the close to end in the red for the second session. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 0.08 per cent, wh ile volume was light ahead of key reports later this week.
Read MoreBy the closing bell on Monday the ASX200 shed 6.1 points or -0.11% on volume of $1.7 billion, closing at 5577.4.
Read MoreSteven Daghlian provides a mid-session financial market update.
Read MoreHere’s the one retail manager that Woolworths, struggling with its costly foray in hardware, should have kept.
Read MoreSteven Daghlian provides a mid-session financial market update.
Read MoreMacquarie Group (MQG) shares fell 3% yesterday after the company surprised with a weak trading update at the company’s AGM in Sydney.
Read MoreInsurance Australia Group (IAG) confirmed yesterday that the warm dry weather across much of the East Coast and the absence of any large natural disasters (earthquakes, cyclones and storms floods) would generate record earnings for the year to June.
Read MoreNewcrest Mining (NCM) shares took a hammering yesterday as the country’s biggest gold miner revealed a surprising second multi-billion dollar writedown in nearly 13-months.
Read MoreGood news and bad news from three of our major export markets yesterday.
Read MoreSteven Daghlian provides a mid-session financial market update.
Read MoreBy the close on Friday the S&P/ASX200 lost 4.3 points or -0.08% on volume of $5.1 billion, closing at 5583.5.
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