Last updated: September 02, 2010

Weather: Sydney 12°C - 19°C . Few showers.

  1. Dow Jones
    +254.75
    10269.47
    at 01 Sep 10
  2. Oil
    +2.04
    73.95
    at 01 Sep 10
  3. ASX 200
    +91.5
    4495.7
    at 16:11
  4. AUD/USD
    -0.05
    0.9104
    at 07:39

Market Charts at 12:00AM

Switch to Chart Points Change Percent
Hang Seng 20536.49 -200.73 -0.97
Hang Seng daily chart
ASX200 4495.7 +91.5 +2.08
ASX200 daily chart
All Ords 4526.8 +88.0 +1.98
All Ords daily chart
Nikkei 8927.02 +102.96 +1.17
Nikkei daily chart
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DJIA 10269.47 +254.75 +2.54
DJIA daily chart
S&P; 500 1080.29 +30.96 +2.95
S&P 500 daily chart
S&P; 100 489.04 +13.31 +2.8
S&P 100 daily chart
NASDAQ 1820.05 +52.62 +2.98
NASDAQ daily chart
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CAC 40 3623.84 +133.05 +3.81
CAC 40 daily chart
DAX 30 6083.9 +158.68 +2.68
DAX 30 daily chart
FTSE 5366.41 +141.19 +2.7
FTSE daily chart
Euro Top100 2221.36 +62.15 +2.88
Euro Top100 daily chart
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AUD/USD 0.9108 -0.05 -5.02
AUD/USD daily chart
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Oil 73.95 +2.04 +2.84
Oil daily chart

Share Market

ASX200 - Top Gainers at 04:10PM

Position Code Name Price Percent
1 VBA Virgin Blue 0.385 +11.59%
2 SBM St Barbara 0.36 +10.76%
3 GNS Gunns Limited 0.68 +7.93%
4 ELD Elders Limited 0.685 +7.03%
5 SPT Spotless Group 2.15 +6.96%
6 SDL Sundance Resour.. 0.155 +6.89%
7 MML Medusa Mining L.. 4.25 +6.25%
8 IFN Infigen Energy 0.7 +6.06%
9 SXL Southern Cross .. 1.935 +6.02%
10 FMG Fortescue Metals 4.92 +5.12%

Australian Market Data at 04:50PM

Index / SecurityPriceChangePercent
All Ords 4526.8 +88.00 + 1.98%
S&P;/ASX 50 4499.5 +92.80 + 2.11%
ASX200 4495.7 +91.50 + 2.08%
S&P;/ASX 300 4489.9 +90.40 + 2.05%
S&P;/ASX MidCap 4064.1 +65.70 + 1.64%
S&P;/ASX Small Orders 2460.0 +50.00 + 2.07%
S&P;/ASX 20 2704.5 +55.90 + 2.11%
S&P;/ASX 100 3672.0 +73.80 + 2.05%

ASX Announcements 02 September 10

ASX200 - Top Losers at 04:10PM

Position Code Name Price Percent
1 NUF Nufarm 3.59 -6.76%
2 ISF iSOFT 0.135 -3.58%
3 PPT Perpetual Limit.. 30.21 -2.93%
4 CTX Caltex Aust 11.02 -1.96%
5 JHX James Hardie In.. 5.25 -1.51%
6 ANN Ansell 13.31 -1.27%
7 ESG Eastern Star Gas 0.83 -1.2%
8 CRZ CarSales.com 5.14 -1.16%
9 BOQPC BOQ PEPS 89.95 -1.16%
10 APN APN News & Media 1.875 -0.8%

World Market Data at 12:00AM

Index / SecurityPriceChangePercent
CAC 40 3623.84 +133.05 +3.81%
Euro Top100 2221.36 +62.15 +2.88%
FTSE 5366.41 +141.19 +2.7%
DAX 30 6083.9 +158.68 +2.68%
Hang Seng 20536.49 -200.73 -0.97%
Nikkei 8927.02 +102.96 +1.17%
NASDAQ 1820.05 +52.62 +2.98%
S&P; 500 1080.29 +30.96 +2.95%

S&P/ASX Sectors at 04:50PM

Index / Security Price Change Percent
Consumer 1510.6 +26.8 +1.81%
Energy 14911.7 +236.0 +1.61%
Financials 4337.7 +93.4 +2.2%
Healthcare 8242.1 +50.2 +0.61%
Infotech 586.1 +6.1 +1.05%
Materials 11996.4 +298.2 +2.55%
Property Trusts 887.7 +14.1 +1.61%
Consumer Staples 8050.1 +132.2 +1.67%
Telco Services 960.8 +13.9 +1.47%

Currencies

10 Year Bond Yield 4.8013 +0.03 +0.73%

90 Day Bank Bill 5.635 +0.01 +0.27%

Markets FX Cross Rates

Market AUD USD EUR GBP HKD NZD SGD
AUD AUD 0.9104 0.7108 0.5897 7.0853 1.2793 1.227
-0.05 0.1 0.01 0.16 0.01 0.02
USD 1.0976 USD 0.7812 0.647 7.7757 N/A 1.3466
-0.02 -0.01 -0.0 -0.0 -0.01
EUR 1.4059 1.28 EUR 0.8288 9.9599 1.7993 1.725
-0.02 0.01 0.0 0.09 -0.02 0.01
GBP 1.6963 1.5455 1.2065 GBP 12.017 2.1707 2.0813
-0.03 0.01 -0.0 0.08 -0.03 0.0
HKD 0.1411 0.1286 1.0042 N/A HKD 0.1806 0.1732
-0.0 0.0 -0.01 -0.0 -0.0
NZD 0.7816 0.712 0.5558 0.4607 5.5358 NZD 0.9587
-0.0 0.01 0.0 0.01 0.1 0.01
SGD N/A 0.7426 0.5797 0.4805 5.7744 1.043 SGD
0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.04 -0.01

Commodities - US Exchanges

Precious Metals

Name Price Change Percent Units Last Update
Gold 1243.55 -4.65 -0.37% USD/oz Market Close / Sep 01
Palladium 517.0 +20.3 +4.09% USD/oz Market Close / Sep 01
Platinum 1526.5 +17.5 +1.16% USD/oz Market Close / Sep 01
Silver 19.3 -0.05 -0.26% USD/oz Market Close / Sep 01

Base Metals

NamePriceChangePercentUnitsLast Update
Aluminium 2084.75 +42.50 +2.08% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Copper 7593.25 +167.00 +2.25% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Lead 2088.25 +44.75 +2.19% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Nickel 20996.0 +350.00 +1.70% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Tin 21470.0 +445.00 +2.12% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Zinc 2103.25 +69.00 +3.39% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01

Soft Commodities

Name Price Change Percent Units Last Update
Corn 432.25 +7.75 +1.83% USD/bsl Market Close / Sep 01
Lumber 204.9 +0.4 +0.2% USD/1000ft Market Close / Sep 01
Sugar 20.49 +0.74 +3.75% Cents/lb Market Close / Sep 01
Wheat 6.755 +0.23 +3.52% USD/bushell Market Close / Sep 01
Wool 887.0 0.0 0.0% USD/tn Market Close / Sep 01
Oil 73.95 +2.04 +2.84% USD/bbl Market Close / Sep 01

Stock Quotes

Managing and Growing

Stock market 'hobby' cost $4.2 million

George Hawa

GEORGE Hawa lists "financial markets" as a hobby but trying to turn it into a profession left him accused of a $4.2 million fraud.

CurrencyValue
AUD/USD 0.9104
AUD/EUR 0.7108
AUD/GBP 0.5897
AUD/JPY 76.88