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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar back above $US0.7200

... the performance of local trading when the stock market opens ahead. On the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish new capital expenditure data for September quarter while the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will release a housing ...

Building work done in September quarter rises 0.7 per cent: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
... figures showed today, after falling for the first time in two years the previous quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the total of $11.4 billion, from a revised $11.3 billion in the June quarter, was driven by an increase in residential ...

Drought slashed grain/sheep numbers: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
... production more than 50 per cent and forced sheep numbers to their lowest level in 50 years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. In a report on agricultural commodities, the bureau said wheat production fell 59 per cent to 10.1 million tonnes ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

... group Tower, Graincorp and AWB will all release earnings results. And on the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release new data on construction work for the September quarter. In late overnight trade on the Sydney Futures ...

Morning Market Wrap: US markets weak

... was 12 points lower at 3169 by 0648 AEDT on a volume of 726 contracts. In the news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its October new motor vehicle sales. All Ordinaries 3185.4 +0 NASDAQ 1891.56 -18.05 Dow Jones 9644.76 -66.07 FTSE-100 ...

Merchandise imports rise to $11.84 billion: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
... October to $11.84 billion as the higher Aussie dollar pushed down the price of imported goods. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports rose $350 million in the month. Imports of food and live animals rose $17 million to $453 million, while ...

Short-term visitor arrivals dip by 2% to 423,800 during October: ABS

... during October was 423,800, a decrease of two per cent as compared with the month of September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The majority of the visitors arrived from Europe (115,700) and primarily from the UK (62,300). The second ...

Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... pay rose just 0.6 per cent in the August quarter, from 2.5 per cent in the previous quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Growth over the past 12 months was 5.7 per cent, from 6.3 per cent, the ABS said, allowing for seasonal factors. Wages ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger after hitting new six-year high

... not to favourable for the Aussie, but the Aussie's benefiting from that. In Syndey today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' August quarter average weekly earnings data is due, while the Melbourne Institute will hand down its November inflation expectations ...

Housing finance for September edges up by 3.9%

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today released the latest national lending finance statistics for the month of September, revealing a 3.9 percent increase in housing finance for owner occupation over the previous month to $11.66 billion ...