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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities markets flat to lower, while metals were mixed and oil fell. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 20 points lower at 4,981 points. In economics ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... with developing economies expanding by 6.5 per cent and developed ones increasing by only 2.4 per cent. Inflation, elevated oil prices and persistent high unemployment in the developed economies are major risks. No substantial change from its January ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Ms Chan cautioned that the moves were amid lacklustre volumes. Santos was up 54 cents, or 3.32 per cent, at $16.82, while Oil Search had risen 15 cents to $7.55. EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking director Richard Morrow said he expected merger-and-acquisition ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... deadline. But shares then fell steadily as no agreement was forthcoming, and other news shunned earlier - new two-year records for oil prices, and highs in other commodities including gold - came to the forefront. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... the local securities exchange operator by the Singapore Exchange. Shares in ASX are due to resume trading at 1100 AEST. The oil price rose past $US110 in New York overnight, Mr Spooner said. Major oil stocks were firmer, with Santos jumping 18 cents ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... by a whopping two basis points! Not 20, not 200 but 2! Overlay the on-going tensions in the MENA region and its impact on oil prices and the investment environment looks pretty spooky. But still optimism prevails. Perhaps because it's only April? After ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... overnight. Wall Street ended slightly lower after recouping earlier losses, while European markets were lower and Asia was mixed. Oil and gold hit new highs. At 0722 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was five points lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... eased 31 cents to $47.64 while Rio Tinto was down 15 cents at $85.95. Woodside was four cents higher at $47.04, however, and oil Search was one cent lower at $7.20, after benchmark oil rose slightly overnight. The major banks were mixed, with ANZ Banking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. Key securities markets were higher, oil reached a new record, and metals also rose. At 0714 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... board of the US Federal Reserve with regards to QE2 (its second round of quantitative easing). "Certainly, a slightly weaker oil price is not helping the scenario for energy stocks, but on the other hand we saw new record high in gold (price) last night ...