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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after there were falls in commodity prices overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,576. Benchmark crude oil on Tuesday night fell ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Ukraine had helped boost global market sentiment. Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than one per cent overnight, while Germany's DAX 30 and London's FTSE100 were also higher. And he said company results released so far this month ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Street, it seems, has already jumped the gun for contrary to what the headlines say that it's "peace" that made it jump overnight, methinks it's Janet. The title - "Re-Evaluating Labor Market Dynamics" -- of this year's Jackson Hole conference says it ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... a positive week of company results and strong offshore leads. Wall Street's Dow Jones finished 0.37 per cent higher overnight, after jobless claims increased but overall data continued to suggest an improving labour market. CMC Markets analyst Michael ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... pocket... or you're just happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August - the highest level since ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... results, including telecommunications giant Telstra. Despite lucklustre retail sales data all the major US markets gained overnight with the Dow Jones rising 0.55 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 jumped 0.67 per cent and the tech-rich Nasdaq lifted ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... mechanism." Wall Street's happy - S&P 500 up 0.7% to a two-week high - for the bad US retail sales report (released overnight) conjures happy thoughts about the Fed keeping interest rates low for, perhaps, a considerably greater "considerable time" after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... the profit wasn't enough to lift investor sentiment after disappointing German economic data lead to overseas losses overnight. Commonwealth Bank shares were down 49 cents to $81.20 in early trading despite its record result. CMC Markets chief market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is higher following gains on Wall Street and in Europe overnight. The lift comes after gains of more than one per cent on major European indices and a smaller rise on Wall Street. Patterson's Securities economist Tony Farnham ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones dropped 75.07 points to 16,368.27, while broad-based ...