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WA stocks on rise despite commodities fall

07-Mar-2013

Western Australian listed companies have shrugged off mixed commodity price moves to gain value in February, according to new research.

Analysis: 2013 might not be such a bad year

Tim Treadgold

04-Dec-2012

Wishful thinking, or is there really a change for good blowing through the global economy? The answer to that question seems to depend on where you're sitting with optimism breaking out in Australia's backyard, the Asia Pacific region, and gloom still dominant in Europe.

Stocks close flat with lack of leads

23-Nov-2012

Australian stocks finished flat due to a lack of local and offshore leads. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.1 points lower at 4,413.0, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 0.9 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,431.5.

Hartleys profit sinks as conditions tighten

Dan Wilkie

11-Oct-2012

Hartleys has reported a significant drop in revenue and a huge reduction in profit from its bumper 2011 result, but the stockbroker nonetheless remained well in the black, lodging a net profit of $10.1 million for the 12 months to June 2012.

WA stocks rise faster but fall harder

Mark Beyer

06-Aug-2012

Western Australia's top 100 companies have outperformed the national stockmarket over the past decade, but when markets turn down it's the WA stocks that suffer the most.

Analysis: the gold canary starts to sing

Tim Treadgold

17-Jul-2012

An interesting event occurred on the Australian stock market yesterday, one that all investors should note because it could be good news, or bad. For the first time in months the top five stocks were all gold producers, or explorers.

Market cautious despite European changes

14-Nov-2011

Australian shares closed marginally higher as investors remained cautious despite changes of leadership in Italy and Greece.

Stocks open higher with broad gains

13-Oct-2011

The Australian share market opened slightly higher, with broad-based gains against a positive international backdrop of growth.

Wild start to week's trade

Dan Wilkie

26-Sep-2011

The Australian share market got off to a flier this morning, before slipping, spiking and sliding again to be trading just under 3,900 points, in a volatile start to the week's trading. The jerky trading comes after a horror week which ended in a two-year low.