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Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... high yields. "Stuck in the middle with you." "Jokers to the right." And so here we are, down to the flavour du jour - rising oil prices. Crude oil prices rose to a 29-month high last night. Yes, yes, we know what will happen if oil stays higher for longer. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... - US stocks sank Monday as Libya veered toward civil war and unrest continued to roil across Arab countries, driving crude oil above $106 a barrel in New York. "Oil continues to call the shots for the equity market and has left economics news secondary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... dollar was flat at noon as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines amid ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and rising oil prices. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 101.36 US cents, little changed from Friday's local close of 101.41 US ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... turned out to be excellent entry points into equities - fearing the jobless recovery in the 1990/91 and 2001 recessions and the oil price spike in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq-- the same issues that currently dominate the headlines. But the signs are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... 8.9 per cent, the lowest since April 2009. But the positive sentiment was offset by the ongoing conflict in Libya, rising oil prices and a weak finish on Wall Street. Crude oil prices gained $US2.51 on Friday to settle at $US104.42 a barrel, having touched ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... $52.57. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was up 68 cents to $47.24, and Rio Tinto was $1.47 heavier at $85.67. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was 14 cents lower at $43.04, and Santos dipped 11 cents to $14.38. In the gold sector ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... why not? US personal income has risen to all time highs to about US$13 trillion from US$12 trillion in 2009. Now what about oil? Financial markets seemed to have been given a reprieve by news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trying to calm down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... received strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with key indices on Wall Street and in Europe clearly higher. Oil and precious metals fell, as investors turned away from their search for safe havens. On the ASX 24 at 0723 AEDT, the March ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... manufacturing index also released yesterday. No sir, Bloomberg didn't want to spill more ink on it - what, and consume more oil? "The surge in energy prices overshadowed an increase in the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index to 61.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... trading overnight, with all three Wall Street indices ending higher, after European and Asian markets were significantly lower. Oil and precious metals surged again as the US dollar dropped on tension in the Middle East and North Africa. On the ASX 24 ...