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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A sharp slide in oil prices and a weak lead from Wall Street has dragged the local share market lower. The market was down around one per cent at noon, with mining and oil stocks the worst performers. Oil prices have slumped to fresh five year lows ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... economy contracted by more than previously estimated in the third quarter. LONDON - European stocks fell, while crude oil prices and the euro hit new depths as the US dollar benefited from last week's solid US jobs figures, while European stocks retreated ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... sluggish growth at best in 2015, as the fall in commodity prices flows on to the wider Australian economy. Plummeting oil prices and the resulting sudden fall in the domestic share market in early December led many commentators to raise the spectre of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... 1,986.62. Sydney, however, closed 0.62 per cent lower, dipping 33.5 points to 5,335.30 with energy firms hit by weak oil prices. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index edged back 0.773 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 5521.909.

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... 2014, 0.7% in 2015 and 1.3% in 2016 - this incorporates already announced stimulative measures but not yet "the fall in oil prices over the past few weeks". Last September, HICP inflation predictions were 0.6% in 2014, 1.1% in 2015 and 1.4% in 2016. ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... interest rate hikes there. We're losing sleep over falling stock prices, declining terms of trade, slumping iron ore and oil prices, low business and consumer confidence, slowing China, receding Japan and deflation threat in the eurozone. Worry, worry ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Australia, the market on Tuesday closed 1.3 per cent higher, reeling in some of the steep losses inflicted by tumbling oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.6 points, or 1.41 per cent, at 5,281.3 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... gold prices. The share market dumped two per cent on Monday as energy stocks tumbled in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009. Crude prices have climbed back after hitting five-year lows and gold prices have also rebounded, giving energy ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... But the longer-term future looks brighter. Just ask NY Fed president William Dudley. According to Bill, the drop in oil prices will be good for America "will lead to a significant rise in real income growth for households and should be a strong spur ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Australia, the market on Monday fell almost two per cent, with energy stocks tumbling in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 105.3 points, or 1.98 per cent, to 5,207.7. The broader All Ordinaries index ...