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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... rally by the greenback against major rival currencies after Republicans took control of the US Senate from Democrats overnight, which many investors hope might result in more business-friendly policies in Washington. The euro slid to $US1.2477 from $US1.2545 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as a large fall in commodity prices overnight weighs on the market. Oil prices have plunged, with Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day. US stocks finished flat due to mixed economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off sentiment had influenced the local share market, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "The market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The share market has opened higher after a rise on US markets overnight and market heavyweight ANZ achieved strong profit growth. It was a buoyant start to trade due to encouraging economic data out of the US and good financial results from ANZ and ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... quantitative easing programme. And we all know, where there's meat... there's a barbecue. This is exactly what Wall Street did overnight - it partied from the get go, led by the Dow's 1.3% jump. US real GDP increased at annualised 3.5% in the third quarter ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a drop in US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local bourse was supported by stocks that offered good yields, such as the banks, after National Australia Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment had flowed through to the Australian market, CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said. The miners ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
It's a wrap! QE is. Looking at Wall Street's performance overnight - the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1.0%, the Nasdaq up nearly 2.0% (rounded) and the Russell 2000 up nearly 3.0% (rounded) - the men and women at the Fed must be patting each other's ...

Better corporate cash management lifts returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... prohibitively expensive. "There are even 'smart safes' available now that read the cash that businesses are holding in overnight safes automatically advising the company's bank," said Simao. This cash can then be aggregated across the business and deployed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0704 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 17 points points at 5,389. Wall Street stocks rose more than one per cent following ...