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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... the Commerce Department. Consumer spending rose, but most of the increase was used to cover rising gas prices. Rising oil prices have pushed gasoline prices up 25 cents in the past month. The US average for a gallon of gas hit $3.58 (95 cents a litre) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... rebels gained ground against longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi after international airstrikes against Gadhafi's forces. Oil prices fell as Libyan rebels retook control of key port towns Ras Lanouf and Brega and said they would resume exporting crude within ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... pointing to strengthening growth in the global economy. Sure, risks remain. Add rising inflation and the spike in crude oil prices in the list of uncertainties above. But with most investors riding on the wave of optimism, further gains are in store ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... recovery of the US economy." Investors are turning their attention away from a long list of recent worries including high oil prices, violence in Libya and Japan's nuclear crisis. LONDON - European stock markets closed with solid gains and the euro firmed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... US cents overnight, which is getting near the levels we haven't seen since before the Japanese disaster." Overnight, oil prices pushed above $US105 per barrel, as traders focused on international crises in Libya and Yemen that could threaten global supplies ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... European sovereign debt crisis still lingering in the background, the current threat to the global recovery of higher oil prices due to tensions in the Middle East and the contractionary forces brought about by the UK government's fiscal austerity, the ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. Sustained high oil prices potentially affect the holdings of Australian super funds. Light, sweet Libyan crude is mostly exported to Europe ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... monarchy And, of course, there were side stories about Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and... All point to higher crude oil prices. And we know that when dearer oil strikes, consumer prices first go higher, then disposable income falls and, finally, economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... 1,298.38. The Nasdaq composite rose 48.42, or 1.8 per cent, to 2,692.09. Energy stocks led the market higher after oil prices climbed back above $US103 per barrel. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Monday, supported by UN-backed military action ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Japan and triggered tsunami waves from Asia to California. The prospect of falling oil demand from Japan sent crude oil prices down to $101 a barrel. Industrial and materials companies rose on expectations that they will benefit from Japan's rebuilding ...