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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... was expecting. "But still, the (market's) upward bias is intact, led by the energy space on that stronger oil price overnight and also seeing some reasonable gains in the materials space." The Reserve Bank on Friday cut its economic growth forecasts ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices and Greece - the ECB reportedly would ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... rate cut after the RBA cut the cash rate to 2.25 per cent on Tuesday. And oil prices have risen more than five per cent overnight on hopes of rebounding global energy demand, with with Brent and WTI striking $57.23 and $51.56 respectively at one point. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... rates. The market is more than half a per cent higher, following strong gains from Wall Street and rising oil prices overnight. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was also being buoyed by rising expectations the RBA will cut the cash ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... uptick in oil prices helped the energy stocks and mining giant BHP Billiton. The local currency dropped to 77.26 US cents overnight, sinking closer to levels last seen in July 2009. This helped BHP, giving the broader market a boost as it entered its ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... strategist Stan Shamu said global forces were pulling back the market. "You just have to look at what happened in the US (overnight). Earnings started to fall short. It's now clear that signs of global growth weakening are weighing upon some of these ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... at the RBA's very first meeting for 2015 on 3 February. The chance of this happening has increased to 47% (based on overnight interest rate swap pricing) from 25% just over a week ago. What changed? What changed was that between then and last week, the ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... deliberations and delays on the whole issue of QE - and he over-delivered. The Euro Stoxx-50 index jumped by another 1.6% overnight (taking its year-to-date gain to 5.7%) the euro closed 2.1% lower to US$1.1366 (and continues to fall, now at US$1.1359) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... share price index futures contract was up 56 points at 5,419. US and European equities were up more than one per cent overnight after the European Central announced its 60 billion euros ($A84.62 billion) a month economic stimulus plan, which was a bit ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... way that became self-perpetuating." Last night, the Bank of Canada (BOC) came up with its own surprise - it cut its overnight lending rate by 25 bps to 0.75%. Yes, you guessed right, 'twas because of the risk of low inflation because of low oil prices ...