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S&P turns spotlight on gold diggers

... and ratings firm Standard & Poor's have announced plans to create the world's first Global Gold Index. Riding on the commodities boom, the proposed S&P/TSX Global Gold Index will be based in Canada but will track gold mining companies globally. S&P is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... April merchandise imports data. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks rose, as a sharp drop in the price of oil and other commodities led investors to snap up stocks in more defensive sectors including health-care and insurance. Oil prices fell more than three ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... supported market sentiment for domestic shares. However, there are nagging concerns that it is these same factors - rising commodities and an expansionary Budget - that could force the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) hand to lift interest rates again ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... response so far, the US economy continues to give conflicting indications with housing slowing, petrol prices surging, commodities rising, employment growth slowing and retail spending remaining robust. There is a strong likelihood that the Fed will ...

Illiquidity to test retail investors: AMP

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... to just liquid investments, that's one way to do it, but you don't end up with alternatives, you end up with just commodities or hedge funds," said Oliver. Another strategy is liquidity constraints such as "best endeavours", which are a guarantee to ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... accompanying statement, the RBA justified its decision by citing strong growth in the world economy, surging prices of commodities, robust domestic spending growth, buoyant business confidence and investment and strengthening credit growth. According ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... while Pryme Oil and Gas lists on the ASX. Investors will be closely watching resource stocks given the performance of commodities overnight. NEW YORK - The Dow industrials ended at the highest level in six years as encouraging quarterly reports from ...

Daily economic update

To date, it appears that the rise in the price of commodities, apart from energy, has had little impact on US input prices. US producer prices rose by 0.5 per cent in March with the core rate increasing by 0.1 per cent. Financial markets expected increases ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
... point to another strong day for the local resources sector. US stocks are providing a weak lead but the strength in commodities is expected to offset that sentiment. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was six points weaker at ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market, as well as weakness in commodities on Friday, suggest an early negative lead for the domestic bourse. However, with expectations of an agreement on uranium sales to China ...