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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... not bid for Chrysler and by a gain in energy shares after crude oil futures climbed on a new diplomatic crisis involving Iran. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 19.87 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 12,481.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index finished ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... Britain's leading share index joined a European stock market rally, with energy shares forging higher as global tensions over Iran boosted oil prices. The FTSE 100 closed 33.2 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 6,434.7, rising for the third day but shy ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... declined on Thursday as oil prices jumped above $US61 a barrel, adding to worries about inflation stirred earlier in the week. Iran's determination to enrich uranium in defiance of the United Nations also made stock investors nervous. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after international markets, oil prices and some major metals fell overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract had fallen 20 points to 5027 at 0755 AEST. Profit ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... uptrend. Crude oil prices neared US$73 a barrel - a three-week high - overnight following comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, that Iran would disrupt oil shipments in the Gulf in response to any US action against its nuclear program. ...

Comm Bank hedges against rising fuel costs

... Tobin Gorey noted, "Oil prices have posted fresh records in the past fortnight as risks to oil supply, in particular from Iran and Nigeria, have boosted prices. But the main reason oil prices are high is simply strong demand and we expect this to continue ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... reduced rates just as Valero reported maintenance at its refinery in Texas City, Texas. The disagreement between the West and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program continued to keep geopolitical concerns a factor in the market. The U.S. Energy Information ...

Weekly economic round-up

... bomb in Nigeria kept alive investor concerns over supply disruptions and added to worries of the ongoing nuclear standoff in Iran. While many expect the surge in crude oil prices to push up global inflation and therefore, put upward pressure on interest ...

Daily economic update

... in Nigeria kept alive investor concerns over supply disruptions and added to worries of the ongoing nuclear stand-off in Iran. While many expect the surge in crude oil prices to push up global inflation and therefore, put upward pressure on interest ...

Daily economic update

Oil pushed above US$70 a barrel and continues to hover around this level as geopolitical concerns remain very high in Iran and Nigeria. Concerns over global supply shortage have also increased following reports that the Chinese economy surged by 10.2 ...