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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 26 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... the market on Wednesday fell for a fourth straight session as investors weighed up a possible escalation of conflict in Ukraine and potential interest rates hikes in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.6 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 5,512 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as fears of an escalation of the Ukraine conflict and a potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower following negative leads from Wall Street and fears the conflict in Ukraine is set to worsen. US stocks fell sharply overnight with investors also selling shares amid fears of a Wall Street correction. The ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski telling on him, we are reminded that Putin's still alive and now preparing to give Ukraine, the US and Europe another kick their collective behinds. Sikorski told TVN24 BiS TV that "Russia has restored its combat readiness ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... open lower, following the lead of Wall Street which fell amid anxiety about a correction and worries that the conflict in Ukraine could worsen. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,443. Locally ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Armenians and the Azeris to shake hands. Perhaps this is because Putin wants to take back one state at a time... maybe after Ukraine. As The Economist magazine puts it, "Mr Putin believes that his own political future depends on the defence of Russia's ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... debt (again), there's Portugal and Banco Espiritu Santo (again), there's increased geo-political risks - Putin and the Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc - and rising volatility, there's the IMF "advising" China to slow its economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 26 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... 4,369.77. Eurozone data revived concerns about deflation and adidas issued an earnings warning linked to the crisis in Ukraine. Other big drags included the Argentine debt default and disappointing earnings from Whole Foods Market (-2.3 per cent), Kraft ...