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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... with all three key Wall Street indices substantially higher, as were European and Asian markets. Gold was flat but higher, oil was higher, but silver and copper were lower. On the ASX 24 at 0728 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... and exacerbated by speculation - and should ease as most central bankers expect. All these because of food and energy. Crude oil prices have reached a high of US$92.19 a barrel, more than 16 per cent above the US$79.36 per barrel it was fetching at the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was four points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... nine cents higher at $25.74 and NAB was down 11 cents at $26.19. The highest traded stock by volume at 1102 AEDT was Empire Oil and Gas, with 70.046 million shares changing hands at a total value of $1.148 million. Empire shares fell 0.1 cent, or 5.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat and mixed, precious metals higher, but oil was lower. On the ASX 24 at 0854 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was seven points higher at 4,925. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... the week, the Dow is up 1.5 per cent and both the S&P and Nasdaq are up 1.4 per cent. Commodities were a weak spot as crude oil prices declined in parallel with a falling-off of worries of possible oil supply problems in the Middle East. March crude ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Most key market indices were lower, but oil and copper were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0822 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,883. ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Lockhart's response to this. Echoing his boss Big Ben's comments, Lockhart remarked that blaming the Fed for rising food and oil prices was unfair. Adding that, "The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Streets's other key indices were lower, as were European and Asian markets in Wednesday trade. Precious metals were higher, but oil and industrial metals eased. On the ASX 24 at 0830 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was five points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... higher in late trading. European markets also were higher overnight, as were precious metals. Copper was down slightly, and oil continued to fall. On the ASX 24 at 0645 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 12 points higher at 4,881. ...