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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... April RBOB ended down 4.58 US cents at $US2.6828 a gallon and front-month RBOB hit a record $US2.7435 on Wednesday. LONDON METALS EXCHANGE Tin extended recent gains to hit a record high above $US20,000 per tonne on Thursday and copper was steady but ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... cautious people around." Mr Muller said direction might be found in resources stocks on the back of higher oil prices and metals overnight. "Resources stocks like Rio Tinto will lead the market today but there is likely to be some profit-taking in the ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Labor Department began reporting the data in 2003. Orlic said strong demand growth in China is pushing up the price of oil, metals and foodstuffs. "Problems with pig-meat in China have added to inflation there but growing global shortages of grain has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The Australian share market has received a weak lead from Wall Street, although base metals were strong overnight. At 0715 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 19 points at 5395. In local news today, the Australian ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... offering is ideal in the current market conditions given the supply and demand dynamics in agriculture, oil and precious metals and as a hedging strategy against inflation," noted Nick Basile, Ascalon chief executive and non-executive director of H3. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... expected to open lower today following the lead from Wall Street, which dropped more than one per cent overnight. Base metals mostly were down in London. At 0700 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index futures contract was 81 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... the market opens following more losses on Wall Street and a negative start by the Sydney Futures Exchange, although base metals were substantially higher. Yesterday, investors wiped off $38.5 billion, or almost three per cent, from the value of the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... expected from Insurance Australia Group, Harvey Norman Holdings, Commander Communications, Centro Properties Group, Fortescue Metals Group, AGL Energy and Asciano releases its unaudited results. Boart Longyear releases its annual results. ABB Grain holds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today. While Wall Street was down marginally and based metals were buoyant, at 0708 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 46 points to 5,702. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4858.85 points, up 46.04 or 0.96 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei rose 2.84 per cent as metals shares soared on near-record gold and surging copper prices, with Sumitomo Metal Mining seeing its greatest one-day gain ...