Daily FNArena News - Australia

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

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

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

Brokers are pessimistic over the latest bid for Billabong as the company flags another downgrade in earnings forecasts.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin believes the ASX 200 has broken to the upside and is looking for strength in the next quarter, driven by the miners.

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

China may be increasing incentives for fertiliser exports but Incitec Pivot has more in its arsenal than just fertiliser.

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

Economists are all expecting 2013 rate cuts. The minutes of the December RBA meeting do not.

Brokers are not sticking their necks out too far in estimating how well home building activity will go in 2013, so modest is the key word for those stocks primed for an eventual resurgence.