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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... prices began to rise, with oil rallying after Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley raised their 2012 forecasts for the cost of Brent to $130 a barrel. Shanghai fell for a sixth straight day because of economic worries that were magnified this week by data ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... Wall Street indices edged slightly lower on Tuesday after banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley predicted the price for Brent Crude, London's benchmark, would reach $US130 a barrel in 2012. Brent closed at $US112.53 on Tuesday. Oil and energy stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... of the market drooped, oil company shares surged after US banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley forecast the price for Brent crude, London's benchmark, would hit $US130 a barrel in 2012, compared to Tuesday's closing price of $US112.53. The market brushed ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... siree! That wouldn't fit in the story. The oil slide that took US equities down. WTI oil dropped below US$100 per barrel and Brent crude below US$114. The reason? The US Energy Information Administration reported that gasoline stockpiles jumped by 1.3 ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Oil prices were also hurt by a Goldman Sachs report citing that high inventories and spare production capacity would bring Brent oil down to US$105 a barrel. Brent oil -- as different from West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude - reached a closing high ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... continued their march upwards. New York's main contract soared to $US112.79 - a level last seen in September 2008 - while Brent North Sea crude for May delivery ended up $US3.98 at $US126.65. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... problem for Qantas and the other airlines is the Middle East skirmishes," he said. "The outbreaks of violence have seen Brent crude flare up quite sharply. "Qantas hedges against Brent crude... but they can't hedge against jet kerosene. Singapore jet ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. Sustained high oil prices potentially affect the holdings of Australian super ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... which the market is always somewhat nervous about." Fears of a possible disruption to oil supplies in the Suez Canal saw Brent crude for May climbing to an intraday high of $US116.50, up $US1.60, Reuters reported. Mr Solar said the market was clearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... during the morning, but once the price of oil began rising and the US market opened down, they quickly followed suit. London Brent oil prices surged by more than two dollars on Wednesday as global supply concerns deepened amid worsening violence in Libya ...