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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... Friday, US and European stocks fell following a breakdown in talks between Greece and creditors. Locally on Monday, Reserve Bank assistant governor (economic) Christopher Kent give a speech to the Australian National University in Canberra. In equities ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... encouraging hopes for a deal to extend Greece's bailout funding. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares have rallied after the Reserve Bank surprised some investors by cutting interest rates. The NZX50 Index rose 54.548 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5858.413 ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... we have to do now is kick back, relax and await the official "deal" announcement. Speaking of announcements, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced an unexpected cut in its official cash rate from 3.5% to 3.25% -- the first rate reduction since ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US reports that gave the Federal Reserve more ammunition to raise interest rates. With US markets ending largely unchanged, the region had few catalysts to fuel trade ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey are due out. And in Brisbane, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens speaks at an Economic Society of Australia lunch. In equities news, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people are still struggling to digest", said Chris ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... April, slower growth in the US services sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... 0642 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,745. Locally on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank holds its monthly board meeting and is widely expected to keep the cash rate unchanged after cutting it to a new record ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... ministers from the Group of Seven nations in Germany. Locally on Friday, HIA releases its new home sales and the Reserve Bank releases private sector credit data. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower after the release of worse than expected ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... the March quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity are due out. In Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe gives a speech the Thomson Reuters' Australian Regulatory Summit. And in equities ...