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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Declines in commodity prices including gold and oil may weigh on resource stocks, however. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... today, led by energy stocks Woodside and Santos, after yesterday's more than one per cent decline. US stock markets and commodity trading in London were closed overnight, providing little direction. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... share market is expected to open slightly higher after a more than one per cent decline yesterday. US stock markets and commodity trading in London were closed overnight, providing little direction. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Prize for Economics in 2001, said "It's absurd for Australia to think it can control inflation given it's driven by high commodity prices." But just because the target is hard to meet doesn't "constitute a case for discarding our inflation targeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... British blue-chip shares rose for the fourth day in a row, hitting their highest close in over four months, driven by commodity stocks as crude oil held within sight of recent record highs and positive broker comment helped miners. The FTSE 100 closed ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... classes to invest in. Speaking at a Vanguard investor conference, Malkiel said both inflation-linked securities and raw commodity stocks provided solid portfolio diversification opportunities. "I think we've got inflationary pressures across the world ...

AUD hits 24 year high against greenback

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... lower than the 22 per cent growth against the Indian rupee. Driving the currency is obviously low US interest rates but commodity prices making large surges last week has tipped the scales, according to reports from analysts. The low USD continues to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a flat lead from Wall Street and higher commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures exchange at 0741 AEST, the June share price index was up 22 points at 5,975. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... index ended up 0.6 per cent boosted by a flurry of results, while rising US crude and metal prices sent heavyweight commodity shares higher. The FTSE 100 gained 35.8 points at 6,251.8 but is still down over 3 per cent this year. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... anyone who wants to rent accommodation. "Secondly, Australia is receiving a huge boost to national income from strong commodity prices. So the downside to the Australian economic outlook is nowhere near as great as in the US, UK and Europe. This means ...