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Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... falls after Fed Oil rises on Fed minutes, U.S. inventory drop Gold jumps above $1,650; Fed minutes feed stimulus hopes Copper climbs to one-month high after Fed minutes U.S. dollar pummeled by Fed's willingness for more stimulus... and Bloomberg's: Treasury ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... per cent, or 7.4 points, to close at 4,376.0, as mining giant BHP Billiton delayed expansion of its massive Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine after posting a near 35 per cent slump in annual net profit. Seoul fell 0.41 per cent, or 8.03 points, to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... shedding 57 cents to $30.36, while Rio Tinto losing $1.11 to $50.65. OZ Minerals lost 16 cents to $7.37 after announcing that copper and gold production was lower in the June quarter compared to the previous three months. Iron ore miner Atlas Iron dropped ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... 500 declined by 2.2% and the Nasdaq lost 2.4%. It was a similar story for commodities: Gold dropped by 2%, silver 3.6%, copper 2.2%, oil 2.1%. (As an aside, the Fed would still be unmoved by the magnitude of last night's drop). In the absence of economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... companies were leading the overall market lower, after futures contract prices for key commodities such as gold, oil and copper settled weaker in US trading. The worst-performing sector at the open was gold stocks, down 2.97 per cent, according to IRESS ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Exchange. Laos-focused miner PanAust reaffirmed its 2012 production targets after exceeding its expectations at its flagship copper mine in the three months to March. PanAust shares were 11 cents, or 3.7 per cent, higher at $3.08. Market heavyweights ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... closed down 0.16 per cent and the NASDAQ declined 0.31 per cent. The price of oil and gold ended US trading lower, but copper finished firmer. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,660.30 per ounce, up one US dollar from Thursday's local close of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Average fell 0.54 per cent, the S&P500 fell 0.49 per cent and the NASDAQ fell 0.49 per cent. The price of oil, gold and copper ended US trading lower. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,662.50 per ounce, down $US16 from Wednesday's local close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... surprisingly our materials sector is leading today's rally." Commodities rallied overnight, with gold jumping 2.36 per cent, copper adding 1.85 per cent, and zinc up 0.75 per cent. Oil also made gains, with US light crude oil advancing 0.54 per cent ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... rise in raw materials sector. Sure energy is part of this but most commodities also picked up, led by a 1% increase in copper prices. Now how could the basic materials sector go up if expectations for global growth have indeed worsened? Now how could ...