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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following falls in metals and oil prices overnight. At 0650 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,260. Copper and oil futures closed lower, weighed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket is lower in the wake of a surprise move by the Swiss central bank to strengthen its currency. "We're all digesting the shock of the moves in the Swiss franc overnight - that's the talk of all the trading desks," CMC Markets ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket has started lower following a slide on Wall Street and a fall in commodity prices. Wall Street finished in the red overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down around 1% on the back of disappointing retail figures ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket has opened lower following another slide in oil prices overnight. The market is around 0.7% lower. That follows a fall of more than 0.5% on Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average and a 0.8% decline in its S&P 500 overnight. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The share market remains lower due to weak leads from the US and Europe and sliding commodity prices. The market opened around half a per cent lower and remained at a similar level at noon, following a fall of almost one per cent on Wall Street on Friday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is lower, pulled back by weakness among the major banks and the resources sector. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner says ongoing concern about the falling oil price because of oversupply is hurting the resources ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is lower, pulled back by the big miners and oil stocks. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said energy stocks were under real pressure as crude oil prices sank to a fresh five-year low on worries about a ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
The share market is lower as fresh concerns about political instability in Greece spooks markets around the world. European markets fell overnight after a presidential election was brought forward, which investors feared could threaten Greece's bailout ...

Share market rallies on Murray report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The share market is stronger, with banks rallying on the Financial System Inquiry's recommendation that banks hold more capital. Shares in the major banks and the small regional players are firmer, a day after former Commonwealth Bank boss David Murray's ...