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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains in oil prices and US and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded ...

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. ...

Advisers looking overseas for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
Advisers' confidence in the Australian share market to deliver high returns in 2014 has dwindled compared to the same time last year and many are considering growth opportunities in international markets, according to a recent Investment Trends survey. ...

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 AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's fall of more than one per cent amid an energy stock sell-off after OPEC cut its forecast on 2015 demand for oil. At 0911 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street down as global stocks fall on concern over growth in China and potential political fallout in Greece. At 0857 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was ...