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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Melbourne. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The share market has opened higher on growing expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut. Early gains of 1.3 per cent followed a strong session on Wall Street overnight, as the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... labour market needed to improve before it raised the federal funds rate. In local economic news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its quarterly bulletin. In equities news, Myer, Metcash and OrotonGroup issue half year results while Sigma ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The share market is stronger due to gains on Wall Street and signs of another Reserve Bank rate cut. The market opened higher after a strong session on Wall Street, sparked by a fall in the US dollar ahead of the US central bank's policy meeting, and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... sign cutbacks in manufacturing will hold back economic growth this quarter. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its March board meeting. The ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor for financial markets Guy Debelle is slated to deliver a speech at the KangaNews DCM Summit. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... enjoyed its best gains in almost a month due to jobs figures that were good, but not too good to scuttle an expected Reserve Bank rate cut. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 57 points, or 0.98 per cent, at 5,850.2. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... since - and this doesn't track those that have already double-dipped like the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Competitive devaluation is a zero sum game... unless, of course, we find life on the moon, on mars or another ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... provided by a falling Australian dollar, are ensuring market uncertainty. Mr Weston said market expectations the Reserve Bank will cut the interest rate was helping the banks but weak commodities and oil prices are prompting investors to avoid mining ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... for mirror, mirror on the wall, the greenback is the fairest of 'em all. Latest available data from the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show the "Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index: Major Currencies" at 91.57 as at 6 February. This is the best level ...