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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower following a weak lead from United States markets and concerns about global growth. In early trading, the big miners were mixed and the major banks were lower. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said global forces ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as gains among the big banks and healthcare companies offset a slide in the resources sector. The market is around half a per cent higher despite a sharp drop by the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals. Miners ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a fluctuating Wall Street mostly gained amid speculation the fallout of Greece's newly-elected anti-austerity party will be contained. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong gains on overseas share markets. At 0728 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 56 points at 5,419. US and European equities were up more than one per cent overnight ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as miners, energy producers and banks enjoy gains. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are higher after encouraging quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is higher after BHP Billiton's latest production report helped spark a rally in resources stocks. The market is more than one per cent higher, with BHP and Rio Tinto leading the charge. BHP on Wednesday announced it had lifted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on European and US stock markets. At 0715 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,281. Europe's leading stock markets got a boost from expectations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as weaker prices for oil and copper weigh on the resources sector. "The resources sector is certainly dragging things down," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The banks are doing ...