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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
The share market is firmer as a weakening Australian dollar and an uptick in oil prices helped the energy stocks and mining giant BHP Billiton. The local currency dropped to 77.26 US cents overnight, sinking closer to levels last seen in July 2009. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The share market continues to rise on anticipation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank next week. A fall in the Australian dollar under 78 US cents was also good for companies with operations overseas, with the major banks and big resources companies ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower following a weak lead from United States markets and concerns about global growth. In early trading, the big miners were mixed and the major banks were lower. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said global forces ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as gains among the big banks and healthcare companies offset a slide in the resources sector. The market is around half a per cent higher despite a sharp drop by the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals. Miners ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as miners, energy producers and banks enjoy gains. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are higher after encouraging quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as weaker prices for oil and copper weigh on the resources sector. "The resources sector is certainly dragging things down," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The banks are doing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket is lower in the wake of a surprise move by the Swiss central bank to strengthen its currency. "We're all digesting the shock of the moves in the Swiss franc overnight - that's the talk of all the trading desks," CMC Markets ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The share market remains lower due to weak leads from the US and Europe and sliding commodity prices. The market opened around half a per cent lower and remained at a similar level at noon, following a fall of almost one per cent on Wall Street on Friday ...