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Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... around its long-run average." "Global economic conditions were expected to continue to be supported by the lower level of oil prices and accommodative global financial conditions." Apart from dropping the official cash rate to an historic low of 2.0% ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... lift-off expectations. More so, if you consider that the index had been hit by energy equipment purchases because of lower oil prices, in part because of the string US dollar because of lift-off expectations. Wall Street seemed to be. The S&P 500 index ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... more stimuli that would stimulate the economy of one of the biggest consumers of commodities sent commodity prices - gold, oil, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, wheat, corn, cotton and cattle, to name a few - scrambling on the up and up. China ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 5,639. In local economic ...

Climate change to shrink investment by $5.7trn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... billion ($A1.65 billion), up from $US454 million in the year-ago period. Dow member ExxonMobil jumped 4.1 per cent, while fellow oil and gas producers Apache and ConocoPhillips gained 4.4 per cent and 3.1 per cent, respectively, as oil prices stabilised ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... government will pull back on support measures that have stabilised the market the last three weeks. Key commodities, including oil and copper, also fell. LONDON - European stock markets fell as investors reacted to the biggest one-day plunge in Chinese ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... "You have to see it in perspective. Farming accounts for just 7% of GDP. New Zealand is benefiting in particular from lower oil prices now. Cheaper energy is positive for consumer purchasing power and resulting in lower costs to industry. What's more ...

Market higher despite resources slump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... cents weaker at $52.95, while gold miners were again impacted by a lower price for the precious metal. But there were gains by Oil Search after its improved full year production forecast, and three of the big four banks. Commonwealth Bank was the only ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Meanwhile, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev is slated to speak at a Deloitte business lunch in Sydney. In equities news, Oil Search and OZ Minerals are expected to release second quarter production reports, while AMCIL is slated to post full ...