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Market Reports

Shares rise for fifth week

ASX 12 Mar | Shares close marginally higher, making broad-based gains following an ultimately positive lead from Wall Street overnight.

Around the market

Dow Jones 10611.84 44.5 0.42%
Nasdaq 2367.66 -0.8 -0.03%
Hang Seng 21209.74 -18.5 -0.09%
AUD/USD 0.9163 0.0008 0.09%

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Market News

Bosses share the risk: $30m scrip sold, $5m bought

There is only one thing better than one director buying shares in his own company and that's two directors doing a bit of buying.

Biggest rally in 76 years not dead as seers see gains

Laszlo Birinyi will never forget the moment a year ago when the last ounce of confidence disappeared. Everyone from billionaire Warren Buffett to New York University professor Nouriel Roubini was convinced that the economy was in a free-fall, that exploding deficits would devastate the dollar and that home prices were heading down as much as 20 percent.

Popeye the sailor man

$A: Popeye of the Pacific

A bit of trivia for you. What do Sweden and Australia have in common?

Insider Tips

Director's & Substantial shareholders Dealings

11:05 AM CXN Change in substantial holding
11:05 AM CDT Change in substantial holding
11:05 AM MDT Becoming a substantial holder
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A super way forward

Brad Twentyman: Voluntary super incentives will deliver best outcomes.

Currencies

Dollar steadies after strong week

12 Mar | The Australian dollar held steady on Friday with the market happy to consolidate the week's gains that had pushed it to seven-week highs.

AUD/USD Buys: 0.9163 Sells: 0.9158 0.0008 0.09%
AUD/EUR Buys: 0.6655 Sells: 0.6649 0.0003 0.05%

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