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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The price of crude continues to dance the limbo (how low can you go?) After a strong start, Wall Street buckled after lunch as the price of WTI dropped to a low of US$44.20 a barrel and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4% ...

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. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The share market remains lower due to weak leads from the US and Europe and sliding commodity prices. The market opened around half a per cent lower and remained at a similar level at noon, following a fall of almost one per cent on Wall Street on Friday ...

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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 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a surge on Wall Street where stocks rebounded from a sell-off in energy shares after positive retail and unemployment data came out. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures ...

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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 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A sharp slide in oil prices and a weak lead from Wall Street has dragged the local share market lower. The market was down around one per cent at noon, with mining and oil stocks the worst performers. Oil prices have slumped to fresh five year lows ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Where would this, 'tis the season to be jolly, without the Grinch stealing Christmas? Just when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're ...