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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the local market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial ...

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STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... Financial Standard we look at why accountants will be flooding into the advice space and what the impending withdrawal of US stimulus means for Australian investors. We also take a closer look at the biggest issues discussed at this year's Financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... Thursday after a 4.0 per cent plunge on Wednesday triggered partly by renewed concerns over a potential tapering of the US stimulus program. Shanghai ended flat, edging down 1.88 points to 2,044.90, as China's imports and exports both showed an unexpected ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... a four per cent plunge after comments from Federal Reserve officials sparked jitters over a likely pullback of the US stimulus. Tokyo on Wednesday tumbled 576.12 points to 13,824.94, the biggest drop since mid-June, as the US dollar fell sharply against ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Australian share market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... the past year, but the final week of 2012/13 proved a roller coaster ride as global markets worried about an end to US stimulus measures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Friday was down 8.7 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,802.6 points, while the broader ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday suffered its worst loss in a day since February amid jitters over the US stimulus measures and weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. The major ASX 200 and All Ordinaries index closed more than ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... investors fear the dying wave of liquidity could hurt the performance of stock markets, Beazley points out that the end of US stimulus would mean the economy was returning to full health. "The major investment banks in the US have already recovered profits ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a global sell-off over concern about a possible end to US stimulus measures and as data showed slumping business activity across the eurozone. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... York late Monday. HONG KONG - Asian shares are widely up, led by a sharp rise in Hong Kong, amid hopes of Chinese and US stimulus measures ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appearing before the US congress. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng ...