Daily FNArena News

Brokers find coal looks forlorn while gold costs loom large. Nickel is stuck in a range while oil & gas producers may soon become yield stocks.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

National Australia Bank updated the market on its IT strategy but there were few surprises. For brokers, the focus remains on stopping costs getting out of hand.

Australian exporters and importers have switched from expecting a weaker Aussie dollar to expecting a higher Aussie dollar, a Commonwealth Bank survey has found.

Only four members of the All-Weather family have been left behind in the share market rally. Most have done better than the index so far in 2013.

Brokers sieved through the ACCC’s final draft on wholesale ADSL pricing and found, in the main, support for the status quo. How will this impact on Telstra and the smaller teclos?

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin believes copper may have seen a low, as long as Chinese economic data pick up post the New Year’s disruption.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

The Commonwealth will put its media reform proposals before parliament in two weeks. Brokers assess the potential implications.