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From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on European and US stock markets. At 0715 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,281. Europe's leading stock markets got a boost from expectations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian share market has reversed some of its heavy losses after a strong bounce in oil and gold prices. The share market dumped two per cent on Monday as energy stocks tumbled in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009. Crude prices ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... markets rather than the equity markets. "The reason for that is that (company) earnings have very much supported the US stock market - it's hard to get too negative about it." On the local market at 1026 AEDT, among the major banks, National Australia ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... revenues. The IBM results helped to keep the blue-chip index in negative territory for most of the day. The broader US stock market did well, while equity markets fell in Britain, France and Germany. LONDON - European stock markets fell as traders took ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Ordinaries index was down 28.8 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,400.5 points. NEW YORK - For much of Wednesday, the US stock market appeared to be headed for its third decline in three days. By late afternoon, the market began to slowly pare its losses ...

US market leads the post-Lehman recovery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... multi-asset portfolio approach," said Russell Investments Asia-Pacific senior investment strategist. "While the US stock market has led the recovery, the equity market rally since March 2009 has been broad-based as well as global - even as areas such ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed performance on international markets overnight. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 4,879. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...