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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after a surprise cut to interest rates in China boosted mining stocks. The People's Bank of China has unexpectedly cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years to boost sagging ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Monday ended a five-day losing streak thanks to gains in resource and energy stocks which soared on China's rate cut. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 57.5 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 5,361.8 points. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks barrelled to fresh records following China's surprise interest-rate cut. At 0751 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 5,360. The People's Bank ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... States and Europe overnight, and instead fretted over lower iron ore prices. "It was concerning for investors in iron ore stocks to see the iron ore price fall as heavily as it did yesterday," CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "With ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat as weakness in banking stocks offsets gains from the resources sector. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was more or less following the lead of Wall Street which finished flat on Friday. He said ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... per cent, at 5,454.3. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 10.3 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 5,433.8. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed little-changed but the S&P 500 picked up enough for a new record as a possible Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger sparked ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... Rupert Murdoch confirmed his part-owned pay TV company Foxtel is looking at buying a stake in Ten. On Wall Street overnight, stocks pushed higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average striking a new record, spurred by strong results from Walmart and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher on the back of modest gains in European and US stocks overnight. The December share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,452. Wall Street and European stocks are slightly higher ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... day of falls for the market, after posting gains in the past four weeks, IG Market analyst Evan Lucas said. "Defensive stocks have been the driver of the last four weeks and it looks like there's been a bit of profit taking," he said. The resignation ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme launches on 17 November and allows international investors to buy and sell stocks listed in Shanghai on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, at the same time giving mainland investors access to Hong Kong-listed scripts ...