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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger after hitting new six-year high

... global economic growth. The US dollar was being undermined by heightened risk aversion given the deteriorating situation in Iraq, Mr Jansen said. "The situation in Iraq is deteriorating," he said. "Typically that's not to favourable for the Aussie, but ...

Lure of high yields attracts global fund investments in Australia

... one-off phenomenon and is a result of pent-up consumer demand, as consumers minimised their activity during the uncertain Iraq war period. The fact that there were tax cuts in that country was also a major reason. He said that TD Securities' forecast ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares close higher

... expected to have expanded strongly, at an annualised rate of about 6.0 per cent, influenced heavily by the bounce back from the Iraq war. But the Australian dollar closed nearly unchanged, after offshore buyers supported it against a broadly stronger ...

Maccquarie Airports peaks on Sydney Airport earnings jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... Michael Heffernan. The stock has been steadily recovering from well below $1 as recently as April, when concerns about the Iraq war, terrorism and SARS caused a fall off in international travel. Macquarie Airports shares also suffered from poor investor ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag, bonds soar on weak data

... Board reported its index of consumer confidence fell 4.9 points to 76.8 in September, the lowest level since the start of the Iraq war. The Chicago NAPM also said its index of manufacturing activity collapsed to 51.2 in September, from 58.9 in the previous ...

Sudden OPEC move unlikely to impact Australia negatively: ICAP

... that despite the suddenness of OPEC oil supply cut, the organization was slated to cut back sometime next year anyway, with Iraq's supplies expected to be online. "The oil supply cut by OPEC is not going to have a major impact on prices," said Dr Simes. ...

Morning market wrap: Wall Street hit by OPEC cut in supply

... the strength of the Australian dollar. The reason for the oil supply cut has been attributed to the continuing crisis in Iraq and plans by non-OPEC Russia, Africa and Norway to increase their supply of oil in the global marketplace. The surprise move ...

Macquarie Airport releases half-yearly results for its Rome airport

... executive officer at MAp. "Traffic at Rome's airports was up 3.5% for the six months on the prior year and was impacted by the Iraq was and SARS. A strong recovery in passengers continues and the outlook for traffic in the second half is positive as ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

... out that there were very encouraging signs that tourism-related areas are recovering from the impact of SARS and the war in Iraq. The services sector account for around two-thirds of the domestic economy and annual growth in the service industries, excluding ...

Macquarie Airports register positive results since March downturns

... that their international and domestic airport projects have shown positive growth for the first time since the impact of the Iraq War and SARS in March. "The July traffic results at all our airports continue to show steady recovery in passenger levels," ...