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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... gains. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are higher after encouraging quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been boosted by reports that the ECB may launch a bigger stimulus program than expected, while British equities ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is higher after BHP Billiton's latest production report helped spark a rally in resources stocks. The market is more than one per cent higher, with BHP and Rio Tinto leading the charge. BHP on Wednesday announced it had lifted ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... per share (also fully franked) were paid in August 2014. The $210 million investment company comprises a portfolio of 43 stocks as well as cash. Over the six month period the portfolio declined 2.1% whereas the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index increased ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises for 2015" asked the question and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Sentiment is due out. In Australia, the market on Tuesday finished flat as weaker oil and base metal prices dented the resource stocks.. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.4 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 5,307.7 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... will finally announce QE (stimulus) during their monthly meeting later this week is continuing to drive investors into stocks. In addition a weak euro combined with low oil prices is stirring hopes that a sustained recovery for the eurozone isn't far ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... disappoint markets. It won't feel lucky punks. Financial markets would take the first hit - the euro would start rising, stocks would fall and credit spreads would widen. Promises just won't cut it anymore. But then again, with this 101% level of certainty ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded, snapping a five-day losing streak that had left the equity market looking oversold ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... $10.45 after the insurance industry rating agency AM Best lifted its outlook for the company. On Wall street on Thursday, stocks fell for a fifth straight day following disappointing US bank earnings and the Swiss bank's move. The Dow Jones Industrial ...