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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... closed higher as investors digested a raft of US economic data suggesting a recovery there is gaining traction and after oil prices fell sharply. At the close of Thursday's session, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.92 per cent to 7,144.45 points and the Paris ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... at $35.17, while Rio Tinto had lost 43 cents, or 0.66 per cent, at $64.87. The high US dollar also resulted in lower oil prices, prompting energy stocks to fall. Woodside was down 38 cents to $35.21, Oil Search shed eight cents to $7.06 and Santos was ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... recollection of the prospect of a Greek default, the European recession and contagion, a slowdown in China, surging oil prices and below trend world economic growth for the year overall. But as I claimed on this day exactly a week ago, "there was nothing ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... would be slow and remain below trend this year? Bring them all out I say and while you're at it, throw in the spike in oil prices resulting from the on-going instability in the Middle East - yes, the one in Syria and the nuclear sabre-rattling between ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... positive news from the eurozone. Improving risk sentiment also supported the euro against the yen on Friday, but strong oil prices, which hit four-year highs in New York, tempered gains. Tokyo added 0.72 per cent, or 69.66 points, to end at 9,777.03 ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... that, "employment trends have improved somewhat in recent months". And oh, he also mentioned that Europe and rising oil prices remain potential challenges. I googled and googled and googled some more and financial market commentators are correct -- there ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... expectations component of the index rose to 88.0 this month from 76.7 in January and this in spite of the renewed spike in oil prices - you know, the one which erodes their disposable incomes and makes the goods and services they buy more expensive. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... consumer confidence figures gave an early boost. Dealers said wariness continued over the Greek debt crisis but as oil prices fell, concerns that soaring energy prices could undercut growth, eased. Speculation that General Motors was to take a stake ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... International Monetary Fund could be expected to commit itself further to helping resolve the eurozone debt crisis. Higher oil prices also hurt sentiment but the markets managed to come off their lows in the afternoon as Wall Street picked up after a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the European Union (EU) had placed an embargo on Iranian exports, sending oil prices close to the $US100 a barrel mark. Financials rose on confidence that talks to restructure Greece's debt were progressing ...