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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... traded between 99.82 cents and 100.60 cents. Overnight, opponents of Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi took firm control of the oil-producing coastal region in the east of the country. This came after the Libyan leader ordered his forces to crush the ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... and perma bear Mohamed El-Erian. Bloomberg reports that, "There will be "higher inflation and lower growth because of higher oil prices, which take away purchasing power and transfers wealth somewhere else," El-Erian said. There will be "higher geopolitical ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Australian share market finished weaker as selling pressure gripped Asia bourses on concerns of more violence in Libya, higher oil prices, and local profit-taking. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.3 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 4,856.7, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
The Australian share market was weaker at noon with the market responding to unrest in Libya and rising oil prices. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21.7 points at 4,877, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 23.5 points lower ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... something to worry about. Else, markets would always go in a straight line - up or down. How will traders earn their keep then? Oil prices are rocketing again... as should be expected. They'll go even higher if the rolling people power protests heads ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... Financial Services Ltd, and Charter Hall Retail Trust. Full year results are scheduled from Spark Infrastructure Group and Oil Search Ltd. Alcoa Of Australia managing director Alan Cransberg addresses American Chamber of Commerce In Australia. On Monday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... $45.54, and Rio Tinto fell $1.58 or 1.8 per cent, to $86.03. Shares in Woodside Petroleum eased five cents to $42.69 despite the oil major reporting that its full year profit rose by nearly seven per cent. Woodside posted a $US1.575 billion ($A1.56 billion) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Australian market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend. Wall Street indices were higher, but oil and copper were lower. Precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0712 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... markets in offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, as well as precious and industrial metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0828 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 4,928. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... $1.28, or 3.46 per cent to $35.74 after it reported a 19 per cent fall in first half profit. Energy stocks were strong with oil and gas producer Santos Ltd rising 33 cents, or 2.39 per cent, to $14.13 after reporting a 15.2 per cent increase in full ...