It had a dramatic effect in the commodities market.
I think there's a much more cautious tone around the whole market.
This remains our major concern. The decline in business revenue looks like it has continued to accelerate.
As is often the case with these things the devil is in the details, and when we dug into some of the divisional performances we did see some weakness.
Another day, another record for the market. Again its the usual suspects for the stocks that lifted the market ... the ones that have consolidated the market above 5,000 points.
Telstra is certainly accentuating the falls based on its magnitude in the index.
Strategically that might be a necessary thing to achieve some of the regulatory change and other things that you need to do to turn the business around in the much longer term,
This is an absolute vote of confidence by the market in James? ability to run the ship in the absence of his father. The company is much bigger than just Kerry, and the market has certainly demonstrated that in the way it?s reacted.
The report was always going to be a disappointment because iron ore accounts for 40-50% of earnings.
It's not surprising (that) we haven't seen an enormous movement in the share price. The company is much bigger than just Kerry and the market has certainly demonstrated that in the way it's reacted.
It's the same old stalwarts that drove the market in 2005 and have kicked off the year for 2006.
It's the first day this week that we haven't broken record highs.