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Bank stocks push share market higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... from overseas and gains in some key commodities that are supporting us here today, our best performers so far are the banks" CMC Markets chief market analyst Michael McCarthy said. "It looks like they'll be the leaders in the market again today." He ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... after several days of declines, despite continued moves higher in bond yields," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK. "It would appear that after several days of drifting lower we've seen some signs of tentative bargain hunting ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... have come to a consensus that prices had fallen far enough and would wait for further developments before committing, said CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner. "It is a relief I guess," he told AAP. "It is interesting because stocks have actually ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... yields and the continued impasse over a new Greece deal keep investors cautious," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK. Elsewhere, the Turkish lira plunged to a record low against the US dollar on Monday, breaking through the 2.8 ...

Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... lower ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. The move comes on a relatively neutral lead from overseas markets, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "I think people are more or less content to sit on their hands at this stage ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... new official comments that Greece is still far apart from creditors over conditions for the country's bailout," concurred CMC market analyst Jasper Lawler. Officials in Athens said Thursday they hoped to conclude a deal with Greece's European Union-International ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... in southern Europe was driving risk-averse sentiment in European stock markets," said Jasper Lawler, a market analyst with CMC Markets UK, who noted that a "softer euro, which has typically been a driver of equity gains, since it helps exporters, was ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is higher as investors return to high yield stocks, including the major banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... weaker than expected US data and wait on developments in the Greek debt saga," Ric Spooner, chief market analyst in Sydney at CMC Markets said. "The first Fed rate hike now seems at least several months away. While this supports equity valuations, it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... taking on more risk going into the weekend, especially with Greece seemingly days away from running out of cash," concurred CMC Markets analyst Jasper Lawler. That downturn in European stocks contrasted earlier gains fuelled by Dr Draghi's stimulus pledge. ...