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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is headed for its biggest fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after heavy falls on Wall Street where oil and coal stocks led the tumble as the price of oil continued a multi-week decline. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full year earnings of up to 14% after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. Today the bank unveiled a string of writedowns and provisions, chiefly linked to misconduct by its troubled UK business. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains of more than one per cent on Wall Street. At 0645 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,276. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has improved a little from its poor start but is still trading lower, after a sharp fall on markets in the United States and Europe overnight. The market slide was generated partly by an International Monetary Fund report ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after international markets as the IMF cut the eurozone growth outlook and German industrial output slumped. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 56 points ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is flat with gains among the major miners offset by the major banks. Better commodity prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian stock market is slightly lower, following a mixed lead from overseas. European markets finished sharply lower overnight, with Germany's DAX 30 down two per cent amid disappointment with the European Central Bank's latest stimulus plans. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after an almost flat end to trading in on Wall Street and a fall in metals prices. At 0651 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,262. The stock market in ...