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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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... suffers from falling commodity prices. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said falling iron ore and oil prices overnight have pushed the miners and energy sector into the red. The crude oil market gave back much of its Federal Reserve-sparked ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe fell overnight, oil prices plummeted to a fresh six-year low, putting pressure on energy stocks. "It's one of the big drags on the market - down more ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... ore miner Fortescue Metals was four cents weaker at $1.97. The energy sector was stronger despite further weakness in oil prices, with Woodside Petroleum up 55 cents at $34.54, Santos 24 cents better off at $7.21, Oil Search gaining 10.5 cents to $7.695 ...