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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
The US equity and bond markets are reading from different pages but the result is the same - they both went down overnight. US bond yields rose last night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... 4803.29, up 28.56 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei rose sharply to end above 15,000 for the first time in two weeks, after a strong US lead caused technology share to rally. The Nikkei gained 491.43 points or 3.36 per cent to close at 15,135.69. HONG KONG ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a strong US lead and solid gains in metal and oil prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 39 points stronger at 4933. On the day gaming group Tattersall's fronts ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as a weak US lead and falls in base metal prices are anticipated to be partly offset by bargain hunters looking to capitalise on yesterday's losses. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
The pattern of it's on again off again - rate hikes that is - continues in the US. Financial markets settled down slightly overnight following calming words by US Federal Reserve officials. Equity and bond markets tumbled yesterday following the release ...

Daily economic update

Economic data released today becomes less significant for forward viewing compared with the continuing escalation in crude oil prices. Crude oil set a new record US$72.49 high in overnight trade after a car bomb in Nigeria kept alive investor concerns ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a slight positive from US leads combines with improved commodity prices to push local stocks to fresh record highs today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was eight ...

Daily economic update

Financial markets will be hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' ...

Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 0.8 per cent to 81,096 units in December. Sales of sports utility vehicles rose by 8.1 per cent during the month, sales of 'other' vehicles increased by 1 per cent ...

Daily Economic Update

The US leading indicators rose by 0.9 per cent in October, more than negating the 0.8 per cent decline in the previous month. This is the first rise in four months and slightly better-than-expectations for a 0.8 per cent increase. Seven of the 10 indicators ...