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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... personified perfectly today, with the FTSE 100 oscillating with little sense of direction," said analyst Josh Mahony at IG Markets in London. "With only one day to go until election day, markets have shown the same kind of indecision that is plaguing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... at the port of Qingdao was $US49.53. "That means things will be a lot tougher on the revenue front for Australia," IG markets strategist Stan Shamu said. "It means a lot of domestic pressure and will probably force the RBA's hand to cut rates." With ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... territory with pain from the banks and mining giant BHP Billiton. "There's a big sell-off - particularly in the banks," IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said. He said heavy losses in US markets overnight was driving the local bourse down. "We saw over ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... coming months. "The Fed's very dovish tone has certainly moved expectations on the idea of rate cuts for Australia," IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said. "We've got a 100 per cent chance of getting a rate cut by May, and now a 50 per cent chance by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... sharemarket is in the red after initially opening higher, dragged down by the miners and weak leads from Wall Street. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas says the market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... "Commodities overnight were smashed in London and also Chicago, so that's certainly pushing the materials space down," IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said. Among the major miners, BHP Billiton was down one per cent at $33.63, while Rio Tinto lost 0.8% ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off sentiment had influenced the local share market, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "The market has opened relatively flat ahead of several local data releases and trading ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... The local share market still had a chance to recover during the day to post its eighth consecutive session of gains, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "It's a modestly weak start. We are, basically, tracking what happened in the US overnight," ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said. There's been speculation Glencore Xstrata wanted to merge with Rio Tinto - a move that would ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were on the ground in Ukraine to help support the separtists. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said while investors are becoming more cautious due to the rising political tensions the Australian ...