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Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... economy and specifically the jobs market still has some weak points to surmount. "The market views it as pretty dovish," Brent Schutte, market strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, said of Yellen's comments. "She emphasised more the slow and gradual ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... $58.51 and Fortescue Metals fell two cents at $2.56. The energy stocks were the weakest performers, after the West Texas and Brent North Sea oil prices dived after hitting 2015 highs. Oil and gas explorer Woodside fell 46 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $34.60 ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... a low of US$47.08 in early April - a 27.2% jump. So too have oil prices. While lower overnight, at US$64.64 per barrel, Brent oil's still up 36.9% from the January low of US$47.22. WTI oil is up 31.2% to US$56.94 from the US$43.39 hit around the middle ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... forecast US$40 per or Joe Hockey's reported Budget assumption of US$35. So too have the price of crude oil - on both measures. Brent is up 37.3% to US$64.83 a barrel from the US$47.22 low touched in mid-January; WTI oil is up 30.5% to US$56.63 from the ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... correlation with the US dollar): The Reuters/Jeffries CRB index jumped by 1.5%; crude oil went on a tear with the price of Brent surging by 5.4% and that of the WTI jumping by 3.2%. COMEX gold and silver prices went up by 1.7% and 2.7%, respectively. ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... ago that went, "US equities sell off as oil prices tumbles" or something like that? Last night's numbers show both WTI and Brent oil prices dropping by 2.3% but instead of declining in sympathy, the Dow closed up 1.3% and the S&P 500 ended 1.4% higher ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... mother about. But when you do put keys to email, don't repeat to mommy that it's because of the sharp bounce in oil prices - Brent now up to US$61.52/barrel; WTI up to US$52.78 - neither is it due to the Ukraine/Russia ceasefire nor Greece debt discussions ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... Tuesday. And oil prices have risen more than five per cent overnight on hopes of rebounding global energy demand, with with Brent and WTI striking $57.23 and $51.56 respectively at one point. In local news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... to crude oil spotting again folks. Prices dropped big time again last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the day (on the ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... go?) After a strong start, Wall Street buckled after lunch as the price of WTI dropped to a low of US$44.20 a barrel and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4%, then lost as much as 1.0%, before closing 0.3% in the red. Remember ...