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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is lower, pulled back by the big miners and oil stocks. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said energy stocks were under real pressure as crude oil prices sank to a fresh five-year low on worries about a ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A sharp slide in oil prices and a weak lead from Wall Street has dragged the local share market lower. The market was down around one per cent at noon, with mining and oil stocks the worst performers. Oil prices have slumped to fresh five year lows ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian share market has reversed some of its heavy losses after a strong bounce in oil and gold prices. The share market dumped two per cent on Monday as energy stocks tumbled in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009. Crude prices ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The share market is weaker as another fall in oil prices hits energy stocks. The Brent price of crude oil has touched a fresh four-and-a-half year low after OPEC nations shied away from cutting production to deal with a global oversupply. "The price ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after OPEC chose not to cut oil production levels. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,294. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower as oil stocks were pummelled following OPEC's decision not to cut production. Oil prices have sunk to fresh four-year lows, with New York crude tumbling below $US70 after the OPEC oil cartel held ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon, following better than expected local economic data and mixed overseas leads. Business investment rose 0.2% in the September quarter, beating economists' expectations of a 1.9% fall, while new ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The Australian stock market has opened higher following a flat lead from the US. Patersons Securities economist Tony Farnham said there was little in the way of economic or company news to drive the market at present. "We're really looking for things ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat as weakness in banking stocks offsets gains from the resources sector. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was more or less following the lead of Wall Street which finished flat on Friday. He said ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Australia's share market has opened slightly lower, with the major banks lower and the big miners mixed. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said there had been a lack of major corporate or economic news to drive the market all week. "This ...