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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... about corporate profits. Oil hit $US70 for the first time since Hurricane Katrina as worries increased about oil producer Iran's nuclear standoff with the West. Gold prices in New York hit a 25-year high. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 63.87 ...

Daily economic update

... news, oil continues to test the US$70/barrel level amidst concerns of supply shortages brought on the forefront due to the Iran nuclear standoff, the continuing unrest in Nigeria, and plans by the Venezuelan government to impose higher taxes on international ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2006
... quarterly profit, capping a year of record earnings. Worries over tight US refining capacity and political risks in Nigeria and Iran have pushed crude oil prices up about 11 per cent this year. But the banking and utilities sectors were among the biggest ...

Weekly economic round-up

... prices. Oil continues to approach US$70/barrel as tensions in Nigeria remain unabated and the international conflict over Iran's nuclear program grow. Rising oil prices are a problem for the consumer as demand is inelastic and will reduce disposable ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2006
... markets were closed yesterday for Martin Luther King day. Stocks ended flat on Friday as profit warnings and concerns about Iran's threat to halt U.N. nuclear inspections offset a tame inflation reading in a government report. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
... seven points lower at 4,824 at 0827 AEDT. NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended flat on Friday as profit warnings and concerns about Iran's threat to halt U.N. nuclear inspections offset a tame inflation reading in a government report. LONDON - UK stocks unravelled ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2006
... March share price index was eight points lower at 4807 at 0811 AEDT. NEW YORK -U.S. stocks ended lower, as tensions over Iran's nuclear research escalated, investors worried about profits and brokerages downgraded blue chips JPMorgan Chase & Co. and ...

Macquarie looks to India as it wraps up $15 billion

Macquarie Bank will enter the Indian market establishing a specialist funds management business as part of its overall presence in that market. Subject to full regulatory approval, the bank will establish a securities brokerage business in Mumbai with ...

Emerging countries fuel oil demand as world runs out of oil

... maximum capacity at approximately 88 million bpd. Furthermore the world's main oil producing countries Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran Kuwait and UAE are the most volatile countries in the world. In addition Mr Pain said "the mother of all oilfields Ghawar ...

Challenger in talks to sell UK properties for $762 mln: Report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group is in exclusive talks to sell its British property assets for 295 million pounds ($762 million) in one of Britain\'s biggest commercial property investment deals this year. The Australian newspaper reported that it ...