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Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by weakness among resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said market heavyweights BHP and Rio were lower because iron ore and oil ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a flat open after a sluggish lead from Wall Street. At 0656 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Australia had the fastest dividend growth in Asia Pacific for the year to March 2015, but the falling Australian dollar made the increase modest relative to its counterparts in the region, the Henderson Global Dividend Index found. Australia made up ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market is higher, boosted by energy and retail stocks. "The energy sector is certainly the stand-out early in the session on some gains in the oil prices overnight," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said Woodside Petroleum ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 0651 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The big miners and banks are dragging the share market lower as investors take profits from recent gains and exercise caution due to concerns about Greece's debts. A fall in BHP Billiton's share price, despite an overnight rise in base metal prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a rally in petroleum-linked equities helped lift US stocks following mixed earnings and economic data. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 38 points at 5,937. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already factored in the probability of another interest rate cut ...