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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back after five consecutive days of falls, helped by gains in banking and mining shares. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market is doing surprisingly well. "We have seen iron ore ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back from last week's losses as news of further economic stimulus in China helps lift commodity prices. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market was around half a per cent higher, with ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The share market is up by almost one third of a per cent, with the banks leading the recovery after two days of heavy losses. The big miners and energy stocks are the only sectors to be slipping, following a dip in crude oil and iron ore prices. A moderate ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The major banks have clawed back some losses, but continue to weigh on the broader share market. Investors are now absorbing news that the official jobless rate has risen to 6.2 per cent in April from 6.1 per cent in March. The unemployment rate is ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
A disappointing quarterly result from the Commonwealth Bank is weighing down the broader share market. The share price of Australia's biggest listed company plummeted by $2.99, or 3.39 per cent, to $85.15, after it post a flat $2.2 billion cash profit ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The share market is higher after bank stocks rallied on the back of ANZ's solid profit result. ANZ delivered a better-than-expect first half cash profit on Tuesday, a day after Westpac disappointed the market with a flat earnings result that triggered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The share market has opened higher thanks to strong leads from Wall Street and a rally among the major mining stocks. However, the big four banks are weighing on the market after Westpac unveiled a flat first half cash profit of $3.78 billion, Australian ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
The share market is back in positive territory as iron ore production news boosts the big miners and revived expectations of an interest rate cut help the banks. The miners are the strongest performers after Brazilian giant Vale suggested it might take ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Weak US economic growth and reduced expectations of a local interest rate cut are weighing on the Australian share market. The major banks are feeling the most pain as the market backs away from previous bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia would ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The share market has fallen after the release of weak manufacturing data from the world's second largest economy. Factory activity in China contracted at its fastest rate in a year in April, according to a regular survey by HSBC. The release of the ...