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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... very bad place and Abenomics (Japan's economic policy) is not working either," he said. The biggest falls are in resources stocks, with oil prices tumbling overnight amid weak economic data out of Germany. Woodside Petroleum was 76 cents weaker at $39 ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... in Bloomberg's headlines over the past three days: S&P 500 Falls to Nine-Week Low on Global Growth Concern (8 Oct) U.S. Stocks Rally Most in 2014 as Fed Bets Spur Rebound (9 Oct) U.S. Stocks Erase Year's Best Rally on Growth Concerns (10 Oct) Just to ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after heavy falls on Wall Street where oil and coal stocks led the tumble as the price of oil continued a multi-week decline. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... inaccurate. The ASX200 on Thursday had gained more than 40 points in early trade, recovering Wednesday's losses. Among financial stocks, the National Australia Bank was down after flagging a slide in full year earnings of up to 14 per cent after taking ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... cut. "If neither of those two occurs, I think our market is still caught in a downward trend," he said. In the resources stocks at 1200 AEDT, miner Rio Tinto had lost 92 cents to $59.15 after Swiss-based miner Glencore said it had abandoned its takeover ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... concerns turned from Fed taper to slowing US economy. April 10 - S&P 500 down by 2.1% because of the "momos" - momentum stocks - overvaluation and increased volatility and Putin. July 31 - S&P 500 down by 2.0% because of Argentina's debt default, Portugal's ...

ANU divests seven companies, seeks equities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Resources, Independence Group, Newcrest Mining, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search, Santos and Sirius Resources. ANU said the stocks to be divested represent around 5.1% of the university's Australian equity holdings and approximately 1% of its total investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Better commodity prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said. There's been speculation Glencore Xstrata wanted to merge with Rio Tinto ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... with Germany's DAX 30 down two per cent amid disappointment with the European Central Bank's latest stimulus plans. But US stocks finished flat as investors weighed the ECB news against upbeat expectations for September US employment figures due to me ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 36 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 5,298.5 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished little changed, rallying somewhat from a big mid-session drop as investors looked ahead to the US jobs report ...