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Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... which gained 151.3% over the past five years to a record 16,452.72 points. And this, in the midst of the on-going Russia-Ukraine tension, renewed concerns over China growth... and the recent fall in commodity prices - mainly iron ore and copper -- the ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the lower open was "a no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the lower open was "a no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... set to open lower after Wall Street finished mixed as a better-than-expected US jobs report helped offset anxiety over Ukraine that sent European equities lower. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Thursday closed flat with investors remaining cautious despite easing concerns over potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.3 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 5,445.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
My, my... Crimea has just put a new twist in the turn of the Russia/Ukraine saga. Crimea's Parliament voted - unanimously if I may add - to secede from Ukraine and re-join Russia (which it was part of it till 1954). The Crimeans will get their say in ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Spooner said the Australian market was returning to a more stable level after the volatility caused by political unrest in Ukraine. "Prior to the Ukraine situation our market had reached a level whereby it was reluctant to push much higher," he said. ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... equipment and people - and wages are rising - good for spending and sales and profits. Still not good enough? Move to Ukraine.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday rallied to a five-and-a-half-year high on renewed hopes of peace in Ukraine and continued, if somewhat reduced, Chinese growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 46 points, or 0.85 per cent, to 5,446.2 ...