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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by gains in the big miners and energy stocks after oil reached new highs and metal prices rallied. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 44.2 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 5,975.2, while ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... executive officer of the Water Services Association Australia told Rural Press reporters in Canberra this week. Meanwhile Arab Business News has reported that Matthew Simmons, chairman and founder of specialised energy investment banking firm, Simmons ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... are a guilt-edged sword. According to a recently released McKinsey report, the current wave of soaring oil prices could see Arab Gulf states invest more than $3,500bn in offshore markets by 2020. Net foreign wealth of the six-member Gulf Co-operation ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The long-term growth potential in BRIC economies remains high yet will stabilise as China exhibits 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Record high oil prices is fuelling the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil ...

Resources boom gone in three years: Putnam

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
New transport and resources infrastructure arriving in the next three to four years could lead to the end of the current global resources boom, according to Shigeki Makino, Putnam Investments chief investment officer of global core equities. He said ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... for Shariah compliance," said Alka Banerjee, vice president of Index Services. Standard and Poors also launched five more Arab Shariah country indices in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. These form part of the S&P/IFCG emerging market series. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... In market news, engineering and construction firm, Leighton Holdings Ltd, will merge its Gulf region division with United Arab Emirates company, Al Habtoor Engineering, investing $879 million for a 45 per cent stake in the new entity. Leighton said the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to shrug off a neutral lead from Wall Street and open higher on the back of strong base metal prices. At 0808 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up 56 points to 6280. ABS lending ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... flat as investors sold Advantest and other recent gainers, but Marubeni surged on news of its plan to invest in the United Arab Emirates and on a brokerage upgrade, helping the benchmark hold above 18,000. The Nikkei dipped 0.07 per cent, or 12.88 points ...