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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply lower this morning as heavy selling in commodities across the board could lead to some broad red strokes on the domestic bourse this morning. Oil, precious and base metal prices all tumbled on profit taking ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP, predicts that 2006 will continue to push strong equity performances, but warns that the "easy gains" are over and some volatility lies ahead. Speaking at AMP's media lunch this week ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open broadly unchanged as the US market retreated in late trading, weighing on local sentiment. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was one point firmer at 4623. On the day ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from US markets is expected to more than offset commodity price strength, driving the domestic bourse lower. However, as markets start to wind down ahead of the end of the year, volumes ...

Daily Economic Update

Declining affordability -- due to soaring home prices and higher mortgage rates - is negatively impacting US home sales. The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 2.7 per cent in October to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open firmer, continuing the strong form of yesterday, although it is expected to be capped by thin trading due to a public holiday in Melbourne. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Daily Economic Roundup

... confidence reflects local businesses' increasing concern over the sustained high price of crude. According to NAB Chief economist Alan Oster, 'The key point is that while activity levels remain reasonable, business appears increasingly concerned that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from the US continues to weigh on the local bourse, which struggled for direction yesterday. A sharp fall in oil prices and stagnant precious metals suggest the resource ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open firmer as a positive lead from the US markets is set to push the local bourse into the black. However a sharp fall in oil prices and weakness in base metals could hit the resources sector, limiting the upside ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open broadly unchanged in early trade as fallout from a raft of announcements yesterday and some earnings results set the tone for the local bourse. With US markets closed overnight for a Labor Day holiday, the ...