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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... flat following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street after the release of disappointing economic data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US Labor Department said weekly applications ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... slumped on the prospect of more easy money being injected into the eurozone, falling to $US1.2405 from $US1.2540 late on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose on bargain-buying at the end of a disappointing week that saw Japan plunge into recession ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... fluctuated as the Federal Reserve's minutes show many policymakers see the need to watch for inflation. At 0905 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,365. In local economic news on Thursday, the Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... to September while the French economy grew 0.3 per cent. The euro was at $US1.2483 from $US1.2476 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as profit-taking offset another record close for the Dow on Wall Street, while Tokyo ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... at $3.03. Oil producer Woodside Petroleum shed 68 cents to $39.43 after the price of oil took another sharp tumble on Thursday. Santos reversed 25 cents to $11.92. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 14 cents to $81.13, ANZ dropped 15 cents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... Corp, Lend Lease and Automotive Holdings all hold their annual general meetings on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower for a fourth straight day as banking and energy stocks weighed on the market.. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... shape, and well placed to compete in the next phase of our strategy," he said in a statement today. In early trade on Thursday, Westpac shares were down 1.2%to $32.93. At the press conference Kelly was careful to point out that she was retiring from ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street and European stock markets overnight. At 0715 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,478. Locally on Thursday Reserve Bank assistant ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... point to 5.8 per cent, its lowest level since July 2008. The euro climbed to $US1.2423 from $US1.2371 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following another record close on Wall Street, while the Nikkei resumed its surge ...

market wrap PM

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... companies were mixed with Rio Tinto down two cents at $59.98, but BHP up 24 cents at $34.02. Iron ore miners were up after Thursday's pullback due to weaker iron ore prices. Fortescue Metals Group was up eight cents, or 2.64 per cent, at $3.11, Atlas ...