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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... modest slowdown in September manufacturing activity compared with the prior month. The strengthening US dollar, lower oil prices that have hit energy equities and the first confirmed US case of the Ebola virus, also prompted unease. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... following reports that its new iPhone models may not be available in China until 2015. Oil companies rallied as US oil prices jumped nearly $2 a barrel. Dow member ExxonMobil rose 1.2 per cent, while ConocoPhillips advanced 1.7 per cent. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... William Lynch, director of investment at Hinsdale Associates. Dow member ExxonMobil dipped 1.3 per cent, hurt by lower oil prices and by worry that sanctions on Russia will curtail the oil giant's plans in the country. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... worries that the new Apple payment system threatens its own PayPal service. Dow member ExxonMobil fell 0.6 per cent as oil prices dropped to new multi-month lows. Caterpillar, another Dow component, shed 1.4 per cent following a downgrade by Bank of ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... continues to slide on negative leads from Wall Street and weaker commodity prices. Declines in the base metals and oil prices overnight, combined with further falls in US and European equity markets on Friday, are weighing on the local market, CommSec ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... won't be smooth sailing. "Downside risks remain a concern. Increased geopolitical risks could lead to sharply higher oil prices. Financial market risks include higher-than-expected U.S. long-term rates and a reversal of recent risk spread and volatility ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... fresh records with the chances rising for GE's acquisition of parts of France's Alstom and fighting in Iraq lifting oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.62 (0.15 per cent) on Friday to 16,947.08, a new high. The S&P 500 advanced 3.39 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... fresh records with the chances rising for GE's acquisition of parts of France's Alstom and fighting in Iraq lifting oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.62 (0.15 per cent) on Friday to 16,947.08, a new high. The S&P 500 advanced 3.39 ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... 'bout is that if it's really, really about Iraq and escalating tensions in the Middle East, then we would have seen oil prices skip, hop and jump sharply before or at the same time that Wall Street is down. But nah, nyet, non, no! As per Bloomberg, "Brent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's energy assets. Plus, markets ...