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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after mainly negative performance on Wall Street as oil prices slump. At 0828 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,501. In local economic news ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is slightly higher following soft leads from overseas markets and as the nation prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day. US stocks finished flat due to mixed economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
It's that time of the year again folks, the first Tuesday of November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The 2014 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich and IRESS were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Sydney on Tuesday 13th November. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong performances on Wall Street as US company quarterly results began flowing in and investors awaited a key meeting of the Federal Reserve. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... its US gains in early Japanese trade. Tokyo - which surged almost four per cent on Monday before losing 2 per cent on Tuesday - jumped 2.64 per cent, or 391.49 points, on Wednesday to finish at 15,195.77. Sydney added 1.14 per cent, or 60.9 points, to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher on strong US leads and iron ore price gains. US stocks extended the rally that began late last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.12 per cent higher on Monday. Wall Street's gains and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat as Wall Street trades in positive territory. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,175. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after international markets as the IMF cut the eurozone growth outlook and German industrial output slumped. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 56 points ...