Daily FNArena News - Australia

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

The Australian stock market has recently seen a spate of quarterly corporate updates and brokers provide their summaries of how things are shaping up ahead in 2014.

Brokers welcomed Flexigroup’s update on strategy and new products but remain cautious about the costs involved.

Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

FNArena provides a weekly update of Australian listed corporate bond issues, current pricing and yield data.

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

Brokers accept that Orica is inexpensive but the outlook is subdued and many are reluctant to recommend buying the stock.

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

It could have been worse, brokers agree, but there are negatives/positives for healthcare, infrastructure, retail and other sectors. Stock impacts debated.

Five months into 2014, brokers update their equity market outlooks in light of recent developments in Australia and internationally.