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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday to buy about 50 billion euros ($A72 billion) worth of bonds ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... easing measures after a two-day meeting. The yen rose against both the US dollar and the euro on the news, however, as traders took solace in the BoJ's announcement that it was also raising Japan's growth outlook on signs the economy was rebounding. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... per cent to end the day at 4,446.02 points. The euro retreated to $US1.1568 from $US1.1606 late in New York on Monday as traders nervously awaited a close weekend election in Greece, where an anti-austerity party is leading in opinion polls. Investment ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... by the swift rise in the franc, while the shares of a US brokerage were suspended. HONG KONG - Asian markets tumbled as traders were left stunned by Switzerland's shock decision to remove its currency cap against the euro. Tokyo tumbled 1.43 per cent ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... prices were further hit by news that commercial crude stockpiles had risen unexpectedly last week in the United States, traders said. Brent North Sea crude fell under $US65 ($A70) a barrel to reach its lowest level since July 2009. London's benchmark ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... jumped 1.72 per cent, or 403.94 points, to 23,832.56, while Shanghai surged 4.31 per cent, or 119.93 points, to 2,899.46. Traders in mainland China were looking to join in a recent rally that has seen the composite index rise about 20 per cent in the ...

'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... when prices are generally at their most stable. The price will be frozen at whatever the market price is at 11 o'clock. Traders will place their orders, and if their orders match another trader's orders, the trade will take place. In the event that orders ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... light on the Veterans Day holiday; the bond market was closed. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets pushed higher, with traders reacting to corporate updates while keeping a watch over escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine in the absence of major ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... following another record close on Wall Street, while the Nikkei resumed its surge as a brief rally by the yen fizzled out. Traders were also buoyed by comments from the head of the European Central Bank that it was ready to widen its stimulus program ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Composite Index dipped 2.91 (0.06 per cent) to 4,620.72. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets and the US dollar rallied as traders welcomed the Republican victory in the US midterm elections. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.32 per cent to ...