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Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... "The slower pace of the recovery reflects in part factors that are likely to be temporary," due to higher food and oil prices earlier in the year and the disruptions to supply-chains resulting from Japan's 11 March calamity. The latest instalment being ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... "The slower pace of the recovery reflects in part factors that are likely to be temporary," due to higher food and oil prices earlier in the year and the disruptions to supply-chains resulting from Japan's 11 March calamity. This is confirmed by rebounds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... part by rolling over a large portion of Greece's debt into 30-year bonds. Energy stocks jumped along with a rebound in oil prices, with ExxonMobil rising 2.1 per cent and Chevron gaining 1.4 per cent after the world's two major oil benchmarks -- West ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... plummeting after the International Energy Agency announced a drawdown of strategic petroleum stocks to drive down soaring oil prices. ExxonMobil was down 2.3 per cent for the week, while Chevron was down 1.3 per cent. Google stock took a beating after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... points, or 0.49 per cent, to close at 12,050.00 points, with Dow components ExxonMobil and Chevron falling heavily after oil prices dropped sharply. The International Energy Agency's decided to release 60 million barrels of crude from its members countries' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... market has received a mostly positive lead from offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and gold, silver and oil prices settled firmer. But copper and prices finished lower. At 0800 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... weekend offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and gold and silver prices settled firmer. But copper and oil prices finished lower. At 0739 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,482 points, on volume ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... track for a seventh straight weekly loss. The dollar jumped against the euro amid eurozone risk concerns and crude oil prices plunged 4.6 per cent in New York. Bond prices leapt as investors sought safer assets. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Europe and American equities posted strong advances, punctuated by the 1.3 per cent gain in the S&P 500 index. Crude oil prices increased the most in four weeks. Prices of precious and industrial metals rebounded. All because financial markets changed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... flagging. Energy stocks were lifted after OPEC agreed to maintain output quotas at a Vienna meeting, sending global oil prices sharply higher. ExxonMobil, the Dow's biggest component, added 0.9 per cent to $80.76. Pfizer fell 0.3 per cent to $20.68. ...