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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat, following a weaker lead from Wall Street with US stocks fluctuating as oil prices again fall. At 0836 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,716. In local ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... highest since May 2008. But Tokyo stocks slipped 1.27 per cent as a pick-up in the yen hit exporters, overshadowing Wall Street's strong lead and a rally in energy shares. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday fell 222.19 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... of Australia will cut interest 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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street moved mainly slightly higher following US President Barack Obama's proposed $US4.0 trillion budget loaded with spending and tax reforms. At 0849 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing US economic growth report and worrisome data on eurozone inflation. At 0807 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 24 points ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the day (on the back of the Fed delivering no surprises) dropped in the last hour ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after falls on Wall Street amid speculation the Federal Reserve remains on course to raise borrowing costs. At 0900 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 65 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... said. He said the major banks had enjoyed a solid run upwards and some investors now appeared to be taking profits. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 291.49 points, or 1.65 per cent, to 17,387.21 points after a disappointing ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... in the current cycle will happen in the year 2015. Maybe. Then again... maybe not. That's if last night's fall on Wall Street continues -- The S&P 500 index slid by 1.3%, Nasdaq's off by 1.9% and tech stocks dove 3.3%. You don't have to dig deep to find ...