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| | | ... shares closed mixed, with softer oil prices encouraging bargain-hunting after Monday's losses but fears of further Middle East and North Africa unrest firmly in focus. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 20.17 points higher at 10,525.19. ... |
| | | | ... is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, as continuing unrest in North Africa and the Middle East induces nervousness on world markets. On the ASX 24 at 0832 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 23 points ... |
| | | | ... The Australian dollar was flat at noon as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines amid ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and rising oil prices. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 101.36 US cents, little changed from Friday's local close ... |
| | | | ... $US104.42 a barrel, having touched its highest level since September 2008 during intraday trading. "Tensions in the Middle East kept both equity and oil markets under pressure and reversed the potential pro risk appetite environment that was started ... |
| | | | ... through the desert in their bid to topple dictatorial regimes. Concerns about oil will flare up again because the Middle East and North African turmoil is still unfolding. But while, I admit, that this is a potential threat to the US economy, it would ... |
| | | | ... solid performances from the resource and healthcare sectors outweighed investor concerns about negative news from the Middle East. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.2 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,806.4 points while the broader All Ordinaries ... |
| | | | ... strengthening underlying recovery. They're just being drowned out by the noise of uncertainty -- this time, out of the Middle East and its impact on oil prices. But remember Mr. Buffett's wise words? "Tomorrow is always uncertain, and "prophets of doom" ... |
| | | | ... markets were significantly lower. Oil and precious metals surged again as the US dollar dropped on tension in the Middle East and North Africa. On the ASX 24 at 0840 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,803. In ... |
| | | | Australian stocks were lower by noon as tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices weigh down the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.6 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,791.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ... |
| | | | ... Street gone the other way, the spin would be entirely different. The story would read like this. "Wall Street ignored Middle East tensions, buoyed by Bernanke's upbeat assessment on the economy and little concern over inflation." Big Ben told the US ... |
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