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Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... there really that fear in the markets today? For this we turn to the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - it was up 11.7% overnight (oh-em-gee!), but at 15.39, it's less fearful than February's 18.55 points, waaay down from the near-50 readings during the ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... progressing towards a deal. Never mind the bond market sell-off that saw the yield on 10-year German bunds break above 1% overnight - the first since September last year. A deal would kick the Greek debt can further down the road for now and perhaps... ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Tinto was down 44 cents at $55.93 and Fortescue Metals dipped four cents to $2.35. The energy sector did better after overnight rises in the oil price, with Woodside up 66 cents at $36.26, and Santos nine cents higher at $8.09. Woolworths was up two ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...

Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... have helped lift the Australian share market following four days of heavy losses. The iron ore price rose 1.4 per cent overnight, giving the miners bit of a boost, Australian Stock Report head of research Chris Conway said. However, he said the biggest ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,490. Wall Street stocks tumbled almost one per cent due to unease over ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Australia's position on interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said although commodity prices lifted overnight and boosted the resources sector, it was not enough to save the market from further falls in the wake of Tuesday's steep ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... on 10-year Greek bonds dropped by 14 bps to 11.36% and the euro jumped 2.3% vis-A -vis the greenback to US$1.1175 in overnight trade. That's a vote of confidence that the euro would remain intact and that there won't be any Grexit - at least, this month ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following gains in commodity prices overnight. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,641. In overnight trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per ...

Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... take an $18.5 million hit as it looks to streamline its operations following a string of acquisitions. On Wall Street overnight, stocks rose slightly ahead of a busy week of economic news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 29.69 points, or 0.16% ...