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Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... debt complex, particularly some of the oil importers, or some of those places that get a boon from the fact that the oil prices are lower," Miller said. At a separate briefing J.P. Morgan global fixed income international chief investment officer, Nick ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... Tinto was down 94 cents to $54.56 while iron ore player Fortescue was 1.5 cents lower at $1.855. Energy stocks fell as oil prices slid, with Woodside down 19 cents to $34.50 while Santos lost 17.5 cents to $7.705. Commonwealth Bank was 97 cents down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... was down 86 cents at $55.01 and Fortescue Metals had slipped 8.5 cents to $1.87. Energy stocks were boosted by higher oil prices, with Woodside Petroleum up 21 cents at $35.69, while Santos had gained seven cents to $8.00 despite suffering a 24 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... losses. The gains follow a positive lead from Wall Street, where another batch of weak figures was offset by a pick-up in oil prices, an upbeat Federal Reserve economic report and hopes for lower rates for a little longer. Shanghai surged 2.71 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... these valuations (of the banks) go," he said. Lennox said the resources sector was benefiting from higher iron ore and oil prices. Lennox said afternoon trade would largely depend upon Chinese GDP and production figures. Official figures out of China ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... The IMF has cautioned that monetary policy should not respond to the decline in headline inflation from the drop in oil prices. It says Australia's monetary policy assumptions are in line with market expectations. "Loosening is called for if the effect ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The share market has been boosted by a lift in iron ore and crude oil prices and continued expectation of lower interest rates. The market had put aside a weak lead from Wall Street and investors were focusing on the outlook for Australian interest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... deposit tax are contributing to heavy falls on the share market. Energy stocks are the the biggest losers after crude oil prices sunk, reversing several days of gains following the Saudi-led air assault on Shi'ite rebels in Yemen. "What seems to have ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... profit-taking; end-of-month, end-of-quarter window dressing; lofty valuations; strong US dollar/high US dollar; cheap oil prices/rebounding oil prices; weakening US economic activity/re-strengthening US economic activity and the latest... Germanwings ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... 4.90 (0.24 per cent) to 2,056.15, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 13.16 (0.27 per cent) at 4,863.36. Oil prices rose sharply as a Saudi-led coalition bombed Houthi Shi'ite rebels in support of Yemen's embattled president. Airline stocks ...