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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The sharemarket is weaker as a sharp drop in Chinese imports weighs down the mining giants. Australia's biggest trading partner China has posted its sharpest slide in imports in more than five years, with the news threatening to end 12 consecutive sessions ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street on the back of rebounding oil prices. At 0837 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,794. In local economic news on Friday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The share market is flat as falls by energy and mining stocks offset gains in the financial sector. The market was in negative territory for most of the morning session but could again close in positive territory, which would be an eleventh straight ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The share market is set for a tenth straight day of gains as rebounding oil prices lift energy and mining stocks. The market is more than 1.2 per cent higher at noon, and a stronger close will mark its longest winning run since mid-2013. BHP Billiton ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market is higher amid growing expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates. The market is more than half a per cent higher, following strong gains from Wall Street and rising oil prices overnight. IG market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street moved mainly slightly higher following US President Barack Obama's proposed $US4.0 trillion budget loaded with spending and tax reforms. At 0849 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as miners, energy producers and banks enjoy gains. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are higher after encouraging quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is higher after BHP Billiton's latest production report helped spark a rally in resources stocks. The market is more than one per cent higher, with BHP and Rio Tinto leading the charge. BHP on Wednesday announced it had lifted ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as weaker prices for oil and copper weigh on the resources sector. "The resources sector is certainly dragging things down," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The banks are doing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket is lower in the wake of a surprise move by the Swiss central bank to strengthen its currency. "We're all digesting the shock of the moves in the Swiss franc overnight - that's the talk of all the trading desks," CMC Markets ...