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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Australian share market has opened higher as the bourse flirts with breaking the 6,000 point landmark for the first time in seven years. Australian stocks received positive leads from the US and European markets which gained on Friday night as low ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The share market is flat as the resources sector suffers from falling commodity prices. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said falling iron ore and oil prices overnight have pushed the miners and energy sector into the red. The ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The share market has opened higher on growing expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut. Early gains of 1.3 per cent followed a strong session on Wall Street overnight, as the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The Australian stock market is weaker after negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe fell overnight, oil prices plummeted to a fresh six-year low, putting pressure on energy stocks. "It's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The share market is stronger due to gains on Wall Street and signs of another Reserve Bank rate cut. The market opened higher after a strong session on Wall Street, sparked by a fall in the US dollar ahead of the US central bank's policy meeting, and ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The share market has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. The market has started more than 0.6 per cent lower, with IG market strategist Stan Shamu attributing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Australian share market is flat in early trade as slight gains in the finance sector are dragged down by weak mining and energy players. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said various push-and-pull factors in world economies, such as weak ...

IFM acquires US$5.7 billion highway

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
IFM Investors has acquired 100% of the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC), which operates the Indiana Toll Road (ITR), for US$5.7 billion. The ITR spans northern Indiana to the Illinois state line and runs for 253 km. It connects highways ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Weak commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street have dragged the Australian share market lower. Fears of a US rate rise in June have hurt the US and Australian equity markets and a stronger US dollar is weakening commodity prices, CMC Markets chief ...