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Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The share market has opened lower ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. The move comes on a relatively neutral lead from overseas markets, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "I think people are more or less content to sit ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The prospect of further interest rate cuts, plus plenty of bargain hunting by savvy investors, is fuelling the strongest session on the share market in more than a month. Despite weak overseas leads, the market is more than one per cent higher, as investors ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower despite gains on US markets overnight. "It (the market) started with a bit of enthusiasm but petered away very quickly," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. He said there appeared ...

Market lower in broad sell-off

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, led downwards by market heavyweight BHP Billiton. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market was experiencing a broad-based sell-off. "We've had two positive days off very light volumes," ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is higher as investors return to high yield stocks, including the major banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The share market has opened higher, continuing the positive momentum from Thursday after positive overseas leads. The big miners and energy stocks led the market higher. "We got the leads from overseas which were okay, but I think more importantly than ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore always wanted to be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Bargain hunters have pushed the share market higher as investors bet on further stimulus measures in China. Options XPress analyst Ben Le Brun said all sectors were performing strongly. "Buyers are coming in to support these levels,"A Le Brun said. ...

Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by weakness among resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said market heavyweights BHP and Rio were lower because iron ore and oil ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has picked up after a poor start and is relatively flat, after the Reserve Bank signalled that it remains open to further cuts to interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local bourse had swung upwards ...