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Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... and Madrid lost 1.08 per cent. Outside the eurozone, London's benchmark FTSE 100 dropped 1.31 to 6,859.24 points, with mining and energy stocks hit hard "Greece's day of reckoning is nearly upon us and traders can't get out of the market fast enough," ...

Market lower in broad sell-off

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... surprised to see a relatively downbeat day." Mr Lucas said BHP Billiton was being sold off as some investors considered the mining giant now to be not sufficiently diversified to withstand routs in commodity prices. BHP Billiton had fallen 59 cents ...

Hard landing in China could trip Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... that the slowdown in growth becomes a hard landing. That has pretty serious consequences for Australia." The end of the mining boom "is affecting everything, from hairdressers and baristas in Perth to accounting firms in Sydney. "Construction has taken ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... message that we need to move beyond fossil fuels is really fantastic." However, Fysh added that the "stranglehold" the mining industry has over Australia's political system presents challenges from a local perspective: "When the ANU announced it was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... positive impact," she said. South32 began trading at noon at $2.18. BHP shares were down $2.11, or 6.49%, to $30.38. Fellow mining giant Rio Tinto was down 17 cents to $57.93, while Fortescue Metals was flat at $2.295. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... believe the economy has collapsed like some doomsters would like to see. "The problem is that business investment outside mining, and maybe including mining, is pretty poor. We're yet to see a turnaround on that front. The mining investment boom has ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education ...

Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... "the government's plan to strengthen our nation's economic challenges" as the Australian economy transitions away from the mining boom and amid global weaker commodity prices and falling revenue. But in media interviews following the budget announcement ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back after five consecutive days of falls, helped by gains in banking and mining shares. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market is doing surprisingly well. "We have seen iron ore ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... that's one of the key reasons we are seeing support for the materials and energy sectors sectors this morning," he said. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 60 cents, or almost two per cent, to $31.92 in early trade, while Rio Tinto was 62 cents higher ...

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