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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is lower as further falls in iron ore prices weigh on the mining sector. A positive lead from Wall Street was not enough to outweigh investor worries about the short-term prospects of the steel making commodity, which is ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets came off record highs. The fall in US shares had driven the Australian market lower, although the federal budget may also be hurting stocks, Lonsec equities research general manager Bill ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Mining stocks have rallied, lifting the Australian share market after investment bank JP Morgan gave the sector a big confidence vote. JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is trading lower, with a mixed performance on United States markets weighing on investor sentiment. CMC chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said enthusiasm on the local bourse was fading, including from institutional ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The share market is continuing its upward momentum, opening higher after low inflation data prompted a rally. US markets were weaker overnight but upbeat quarterly earnings reports released by Apple and Facebook after the close of trade sparked rises ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... that we've got the reporting season coming into full swing now." Local investors were likely to remain focused on the US market this week, and on local inflation figures to be released on Wednesday, he said. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton was ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US market lifted on the back of a solid earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data. "It was very good news out of the US as far as both retail sales and Citigroup - they were ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a lift in US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, highlighted by a 20 per cent-plus surge in the shares of takeover target David Jones. Department store retailer David Jones had jumped 73 cents, or 22.88 per cent, to $3.92 by 1200 AEST, after the company ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The share market has opened lower following a selloff on Wall Street overnight. Rivkin global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market ...