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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... speech at a Sydney Institute function. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. The Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast conference runs for its second day in Perth with respresentatives from Atlas Iron and Roy Hill taking ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... on-going Russia-Ukraine tension, renewed concerns over China growth... and the recent fall in commodity prices - mainly iron ore and copper -- the risk to Japanese growth after the consumption tax is lifted from 5% to 8% next month, and threatening deflation ...

Market close

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has closed flat as investors shrugged off two days of falls in the price of iron ore. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.3 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,413.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... fall in US and European equity markets overnight, the "tumble" in emerging market equities, the sharpest one-day drop in iron ore prices in over four years, the biggest two-session decline in copper futures in 28 months, the fall in WTI crude oil prices ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... numbers for January, while the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for February is also due out. BHP Billiton iron ore president Jimmy Wilson and Rio Tinto iron ore chief executive Andrew Harding are among speakers on the first day of the ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... led to a fall in commodity prices and a sell-off of mining stocks, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "The iron ore miners are being sold off the most. The top three decliners on the market are Fortescue, Atlas Iron and Arrium," she said. "Because ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... only modest private-sector jobs growth in the US in February. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto tumbled in opening trade after iron ore prices dropped overnight. BHP was down 40 cents, or 1.06 per cent, at $37.40, while Rio Tinto was down 64 cents, or 0.99 ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... ranking of 36 to 46 in the latest Forbes Magazine rich list. Her wealth has declined from two years ago, as the price of iron ore fell, and she focussed on securing $7 billion in debt for her massive Roy Hill iron ore project. On top of that, there's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat after a record session on Wall Street and a rise in the iron ore price. The US broad-based S&P 500 reached a new high, gaining 0.49 per cent to 1854.29, passing the previous high mark set in January. CommSec ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... to release first half results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday broke its positive run and closed lower as a weaker iron ore price weighed on the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 6.4 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 5,433.8. The ...