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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... the day 1.18 per cent lower at 6,948.99 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 dropped 1.03 per cent to 11,692.90 compared with Friday's closing levels. Both markets were shut Monday. In Paris the CAC 40 shed 0.66 per cent to end the day at 5,083.54 points ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... closed for public holidays. Paris' leading CAC 40 index ended Monday 0.50 per cent down at 5,117.17 points compared with Friday's close, with volumes worth less than 700 million euros ($A985 million) traded. Most of Europe's major markets - including ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... $28.57. Telstra was up 6.5 cents to $6.265. The major miners were also higher following a sharp rise in iron ore prices on Friday. Rio Tinto was up 79 cents to $57.54, BHP Billiton was 30 cents higher at $29.55 and Fortescue Metals added 7.5 cents to ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street hit another record high. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,685. Strong earnings from Best Buy and news that CVS Health would acquire ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... for a time." Speaking of which, the US dollar index has started strengthening again since hitting a three-month low last Friday, up 2.7% to 95.61 since. A lift-off might not necessarily lift the US dollar higher (assuming that it's already priced in) ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... advertising expenses and sponsorship," the discussion paper said. Submissions to the current discussion paper can be made until Friday, 21 August 2015. See Financial Standard's original story on the discussion paper here.

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... even less. This wasn't to be. The euro steady climbed instead of sinking, up 9.5% from this year's low to US$1.1451 last Friday. This is because thanks to the weaker euro, the region's economic growth outlook has improved and deflation there is turning ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... all listed possibilities will not necessarily be adopted. Submissions to the current discussion paper can be made until Friday, 21 August 2015.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... to end the day at 6,968.87 points, while in Paris, the CAC 40 index rose 0.37 per cent to 5,012.31 points compared with Friday's close. Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 1.29 per cent to 11,5594.28 points, taking back some of the more than two per cent the ...