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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at the moment, especially from BHP," he said, adding that the iron ore price was showing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... market on Thursday, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "Most sectors are in positive territory including the materials despite soft commodity prices," he said. "The banks are a little soft because of concern about the banking inquiry but ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... stimulus last week. "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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... the consensus estimate of $US1.36. 3M's profits gained six per cent to $US1.3 billion as the industrial and consumer materials company notched earnings per share of $US1.98, two cents above analyst estimates. Shares soared 4.4 per cent. General Motors ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... said. However, she said, Chinese data out later on Tuesday could either boost or weaken stocks in the mining-related materials sector. "The positive leads from Wall Street and a pickup in iron ore and gold prices have helped our market open higher," ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... downward trajectory of US and European markets. Weaker commodity prices, apart from gold, are kicking the mining-related materials sector. Bargain hunters are also absent, OptionsXpress analyst Ben Le Brun says. "We've got all sectors of the market trending ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... yields, and increase the appeal of shares in both Australia and America. "It is risk-on today, with good gains in the materials space and a bit of a pickup in the banks," IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. Mr Shamu said trading ahead of the release ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... year, between June 2013 and August 2014, until ASIC concerns forced the bank to issue a new PDS and new promotional materials. This is the second ASIC penalty that NAB has paid in less than a month. On September 17th, the bank had to pay a $40,800 fine ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... raised concerns about global growth. "The iron ore price also continued to fall overnight which has put pressure on the materials sector." She said adding pressure to financial stocks was the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Financial Stability ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... of five years ago - down by 41.3% from its price at the start of this year. This, in turn, has taken the S&P/ASX 200 Materials index - where diggers and sellers of the stuff such as BHP and RIO reside - down 7.2% this year to date. And oh, this is compounded ...