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Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... was up 4.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,668.2 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished lower in light pre-holiday trade after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. The Dow Jones ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... end-all of the fiscal task", according to Bowen. He supports the government's change to taxation of holders of Work and Holiday visas; abolition of the large family bonus; removal of the zone tax offset for fly-in fly-out workers; changes to work-related ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... slowdown in the summer months. "We are... aware of seasonal patterns in fixed-income market activity with the traditional holiday period from mid-July to August characterised by notably lower market liquidity," he said. HONG KONG - Asian markets have ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... 30 lost 0.98 per cent to 11,447.03 points compared with the close on Thursday, when many traders were away for a public holiday in both European capitals. Eurozone bond markets meanwhile calmed following a steep sell-off in recent weeks. "After a volatile ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... year, putting it in direct competition with Amazon's "Prime" service. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen in light holiday trade, after US stocks climbed higher following a mixed batch of US economic data and corporate earnings. Trading was subdued ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The Nikkei 225 index ended 239.64 points lower at 19,291.99, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... points to end at 2,104.58, and Hong Kong ended down 114.63 points or 0.41 per cent at 27,640.91. Tokyo was closed for a holiday. Shanghai fell 1.62 per cent, or 69.44 points, to close at 4,229.27, after plunging more than four per cent the previous session. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... cent to 11,619.85 points and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.70 per cent to 5,081.97. Trading was closed in London due to a holiday. Madrid's Ibex-35 gained 0.39 per cent and Milan's FTSE Mib advanced 0.75 per cent after the long May 1 weekend. Switzerland's ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Shanghai recovered from early losses to close flat - edging up 0.41 points to 4,476.62. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 28.836 points, 0.5 per cent, to a two-month low of 5740.816.