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Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... curbs on monarchy And, of course, there were side stories about Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and... All point to higher crude oil prices. And we know that when dearer oil strikes, consumer prices first go higher, then disposable income falls and, finally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... cent, to 1,298.38. The Nasdaq composite rose 48.42, or 1.8 per cent, to 2,692.09. Energy stocks led the market higher after oil prices climbed back above $US103 per barrel. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Monday, supported by UN-backed military ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... risk assets." Mr Knight said energy stocks were performing well. But he did not think the fighting in Libya would send the oil price through the roof. "I don't think the market's as worried about it to the extent that if it (the fighting) were happening ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... intervened in the currency markets to bring the yen exchange rate down. OPEC's announced assurances that it would pump more oil to make up for Libya's lost production. The EMU is expected to announce the doubling of the European Financial Stability Fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... second day on Friday following similar rises in Europe and Asia despite the nuclear emergency in Japan and more tensions on the oil-rich Arabian peninsula. A ceasefire declaration in Libya and Group of Seven intervention to prevent the yen from surging ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... is some sort of military aspect to it which the market is always somewhat nervous about." Fears of a possible disruption to oil supplies in the Suez Canal saw Brent crude for May climbing to an intraday high of $US116.50, up $US1.60, Reuters reported. ...

Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... head of global listed infrastructure, CFS GAM, said there are a host of good assets in the infrastructure space, including oil storage, communications infrastructure and electricity transmission. "Market imbalances geographically between where energy ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... this phrase as some form of metaphor for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there were fears of runaway inflation and the consequent withdrawing of policy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan and triggered tsunami waves from Asia to California. The prospect of falling oil demand from Japan sent crude oil prices down to $101 a barrel. Industrial and materials companies rose on expectations that ...