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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... In Australia, the market on Tuesday suffered its heaviest one day loss since August, with spooked investors reacting to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. More than $28 billion was wiped from the market's value, as investors followed a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... meeting was viewed by investors as a negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. The ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... stats put a big question mark on the US recovery. The ISM manufacturing index fell to a reading of 51.3 in January - a razor sharp 5.2-point drop from December's 56.5 reading and the lowest level since May 2013 and the biggest monthly drop since May ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after Wall Street plunged as lacklustre reports on Chinese and US manufacturing activity added to concerns about economic growth and emerging-market economies. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... meeting was viewed by investors as a negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the lead of international markets on continued unease over emerging markets. At 0755 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,120. In economic news on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... emerging markets. A major drag on equities recently has been concerns about a slowdown in emerging markets, in the wake of a sharp fall in the value of Turkey's currency, the lira, CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said. "There has been some significant ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... sell-off. However, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index tumbled 1.7 per cent to close at 6,550.66 points, taking hits from sharp falls for the share prices of British energy company BG Group and mobile phone giant Vodafone. Frankfurt's DAX 30 gave up 0.46 ...

Trust in Australian CEOs plummets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... point at 5,270. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday rallied as a sharp drop in the local currency helped give the mining giants a boost. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 63.7 points, or ...