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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... increase analysts had expected and better than the 1.1 per cent rise in October. Separate data also showed business inventories rose in October, while the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased more than expected in December. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... they will be able to make the biggest returns. Separately, the Commerce Department reported that businesses added to inventories at the wholesale level in October after a record 13 straight months of reductions. Investors hope it is a sign that businesses ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... shares. Oil and gas producers declined after the price of crude dropped below $US77 a barrel overnight as US crude oil inventories data showed petroleum supplies continue to grow. Woodside was down 47 cents at $48.59, Santos fell 21 cents, or 1.37 per ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... global equities markets. "The recovery is being driven by a rebounding consumer sector and manufacturers restoring inventories on the back of a coordinated government spend. "More time is needed to gain confidence that the recovery is sustainable," he ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... direct reaction to the London Metal Exchange session." Copper prices fell for the first time in three sessions as inventories rose to a four-month high, renewing concern that demand is easing. December copper futures fell 5.65 cents to $US2.8080 a pound. ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... the latest consumer credit report shows. This is good. And what about factories? Yes they continue to run down their inventories. Stock building fell by 1 per cent in July. But it won't be long now till businesses start putting more goods on their shelves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... aggregates data for July. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its business indicators (including profits and inventories) data for the June quarter. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their inflation gauge for August. The ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... that went before it to a T. As the slowdown progressed, businesses have cut back production sharply, trimmed down inventories and reduced costs (i.e. staff numbers). Once this process is completed, it would take only a slight improvement in demand -- ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... retail sales and an even softer labour market could also be tied to continued de-stocking by American firms. Business inventories fell by 1.1 per cent in June following a 1.2 per cent drop in the previous month. Markets expected a 0.9 per cent decline. ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... future could be gleaned from the stats tracking the supply of new homes. June marked the 28th straight month of falling inventories. Inventories of unsold homes fell to 8.8 months in June, down from 10.2 in May and 12.4 at the peak in January 2009. The ...