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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

Market Wrap AM

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
... 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 strategist Michael McCarthy said. "But I think as we work through ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... 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 and concerns about ...

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. ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... is). And oh, climate changers too. But this was exactly what I read this morning as the price of crude plunged again in overnight trade. The per barrel price of WTI oil declined by 5.3% to US$45.80 and that of Brent closed 5.8% lower to US$47.20. This ...