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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... against the euro which traded at 80.23 pence from 80.07 late on Monday. "The poor old pound is still under pressure as traders are not brave enough to go bargain-hunting just yet. The possibility of Great Britain breaking up has hit the pound the hardest," ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Europe's poorly performing economies and whether or not central bank stimulus will be announced next week is weighing on traders, along with falling commodity prices. Asian markets were falling as people remembered how ineffective the action by European ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.04 per cent to 4,395.26 points as investors digested the formation of a new French government. "Traders are sitting on their hands as they await further developments from the Ukrainian situation," said analyst David Madden ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... those words at the American Enterprise Institute in 1996. But then again September's coming and, according to the Stock Traders' Almanac, it's the worst month of the year for US stocks. And then, there's October - the month of crashes and the month the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... just tracking some of the gains we saw overseas," he said. But he said the market may weaken as the session progresses as traders prepare for a closely watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole Summit. "It's been a positive ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... 24,994.1, Shanghai slid 0.44 per cent, or 9.75 points, to 2,230.46 while Sydney ended flat, edging up 4.3 points to 5,638.9. Traders were focused on China as the HSBC preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI), which tracks activity in the country's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... FTSE100 were also higher. And he said company results released so far this month had helped lift the confidence of local traders. "It's a very strong start and clearly the strong leads from overseas are helping and overall the results season so far has ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... General was up 11.6 per cent and Dollar Tree fell 2.4 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets have rebounded sharply as traders breath a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... lighter and volatility was lower than earlier in the week, with few companies reporting on Friday. "It gives investors and traders a chance to digest what's gone through but overall reporting season so far is going reasonably well and with some positive ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... gained 8.46 (0.43 per cent) at 1,955.18, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 18.88 (0.43 per cent) to 4,453.00. Traders shrugged off a larger-than-expected rise in initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits last week. Weekly applications ...