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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... market is expected to fall sharply today after losses on overseas markets, including Wall St, and another slump in commodities prices. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down 77 points to 6270. In economic news ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning thanks to a strong performance on US markets and rising commodities prices. At 0646 AEST, on the Sydney futures exchange, the June share price index was up 3 points at 6361. In economic ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... dollar question." An economic slowdown in China, flowing from a weaker stock market, would hamper demand for Australian commodities, which would in turn lower the domestic currency's value. The Chinese central bank also decided on Friday to increase ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... broker for Man Financial, said the market overall was a little nervous and was taking profits. "We've been dominated by commodities once again, following on from the weakness in China yesterday and that's followed on overnight," Mr Anderson said. "Just ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... contract shed 43 points to 6324 on a volume of 7,555 contracts. "The market's down predominantly due to weaknesses in commodities with BHP down significantly and and Rio down a little," said Aequs Securities institutional dealer, Ric Klusman, "We're ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... starting environment for the miners. "So we're seeing BHP and Rio leading the way as well as a number of the larger commodities companies. "But we haven't seen this backed up on the other side of the market with a number of the banks in negative territory ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... Chan said the local bourse was being led higher by the energy and resource sectors. "Its mainly the strength in the commodities which is driving the market today," she said. "We have seen some action here, and we have seen the strength of the resources." ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly down today, on the back of flat US markets and lower commodities prices. At 0802 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading down three points, or 0.05 ...

H3 Global Commodities Fund gets S&P tick

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned the Cayman Islands domiciled H3 Global Commodities Fund a three-star rating. Lee Comper, S&P fund analyst, said the H3 Global Commodities Fund, with a $500,000 minimum investment, was suitable only for institutional ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... night's record high following a mixed lead from New York, while resources stocks pulled the bourse lower on softer commodities prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.5 points to 6,197.4, while the all ordinaries fell 35.1 points ...