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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened lower as tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... of food products -- all cheese, fish, beef, pork, fruit, vegetables and dairies -- from the 'em and their allies. Also, Russia is reportedly mulling over introducing "supportive measures" for its auto, shipping and aerospace industries. Also, Russia's ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... opened flat following soft leads on Wall Street. The Dow Jones finished 0.08 per cent higher at 16,443.34 overnight after Russia imposed fresh sanctions against the West and Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew an estimated $US80 billion ($A86.56 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Vladimir Putin slapped one-year bans and limits on food and agricultural imports from nations that have imposed sanctions on Russia over its defiant stance on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew a bid estimated at $US80 billion ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the Ukraine border has been heightened as it couples with anticipation the US central bank is signalling ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... cent and the tech-rich Nasdaq fell 0.71 per cent. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said fears of an escalation in the Ukraine-Russia conflict was trickling into the local market. "Investors feel that now is a good time to continue taking money off the table," ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... now preparing to give Ukraine, the US and Europe another kick their collective behinds. Sikorski told TVN24 BiS TV that "Russia has restored its combat readiness on the Ukraine border with more than a dozen battalion-sized combat groups". Not that Putin ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... correction on this scale for more than two years. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski's reported comments saying Russia had increased its military presence on the Ukraine border, suggesting a possible escalation in the conflict, prompted further ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... former Soviet Union's third-largest oil producer and the only route for Caspian energy to western markets that bypasses Russia" while as per Reuters, the country is "host to oil majors including BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil". Think what Putin could do ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... still be bumps along the way. Here, Putin could be the biggest bump. An escalation of tensions between the 'West' versus Russia versus Ukraine could prompt Eurozone businesses to, as Markit Economics' put it, "become increasingly reluctant to commit ...