Four on the trot for the Aussie market
The local sharemarket advanced for a fourth straight day on Thursday, with a strong performance by the energy and mining sectors outweighing losses by three of...
Local market making baby steps
The Australian share market crept higher on Tuesday ahead of the second Budget statement of the year, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index adding 19.2...
Miners push market into the green
The miners led the local market higher on Monday, with the S&P/ASX 200 Index advancing 1.5 per cent, or 102.6 points, to 6779.4, while the broader All...
Energy offsets losses, Adairs confirms, coal stocks at record levels
A sustained rally in the energy sector, which finished 2 per cent higher on Friday, wasn’t enough to reverse broader losses with the S&P/ASX200...
Australian dollar weakens on global recession fears
Powerful forces are spooking global economies and pushing investors into safe haven assets like US dollars and US treasuries, and in turn flattening the...
Solid effort from Aussie market
The Australian share market backed-up its Tuesday effort with a solid performance on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gaining 20.9 points,...
Resources lead local bourse
A strong lead-in from Wall Street gave solid impetus to the Australian market on Tuesday, and the result was a lift of 114.8 points, or 1.7 per cent, in the...
Aussie market starts new week on a downer
An ugly 2.4 per cent slide in the S&P 500 index on Wall Street at the weekend was never going to give the Australian market a boost as it opened the week,...
Global rally supports market, energy, financials jump on UK caution
The S&P/ASX200 managed to offset the majority of the week’s losses on Friday, finishing 1.8 per cent higher on the back of a significant jump in the...
Banks, Qantas pace market ahead of inflation data, ELMO jumps on private equity interest
The local market overcame selling pressure ahead of awaited US inflation data to post a small loss of 0.1 per cent. The financials sector was the standout,...
Bank of Queensland boosts market, energy declines, GM buys into Queensland Pacific
The local sharemarket managed to overcome global weakness, posting a 2.5 point gain behind a significantly rally in the financial sector, up 1.9 per cent. The...