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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... marginally, were Amsterdam, where the market put on 0.32 per cent, and the Swiss bourse, up 0.19 per cent. HONG KONG - Oil prices remained high in Asia as a Japanese minister fretted about the effects of Middle East unrest, while stock markets were mixed ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... exacerbated by speculation - and should ease as most central bankers expect. All these because of food and energy. Crude oil prices have reached a high of US$92.19 a barrel, more than 16 per cent above the US$79.36 per barrel it was fetching at the start ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... partly to the easing of Egypt's political crisis, although there was caution about upcoming Chinese inflation data while oil prices remained high. Tokyo's Nikkei climbed 1.13 per cent, or 119.89 points, to 10,725.54, despite data showing Japan's economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... week, the Dow is up 1.5 per cent and both the S&P and Nasdaq are up 1.4 per cent. Commodities were a weak spot as crude oil prices declined in parallel with a falling-off of worries of possible oil supply problems in the Middle East. March crude futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Asian stock markets were mixed on Thursday as Shanghai revived after China's rate hike put the region on edge, while oil prices again rose due to worries about Egypt. The Shanghai Composite Index ended the session up 1.59 per cent, or 455.41 points ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Lockhart's response to this. Echoing his boss Big Ben's comments, Lockhart remarked that blaming the Fed for rising food and oil prices was unfair. Adding that, "The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... mixed on Tuesday with Tokyo surging ahead on the back of a rally by the Dow, while reduced tensions in Egypt cooled oil prices. Tokyo's Nikkei ended the session up 0.41 per cent, or 43.94 points, at 10,635.98, a level not seen since last May. Toyota ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... 1.3808 dollars late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Renewed concerns at unrest in Egypt hit Tokyo shares and sent oil prices higher on Thursday, with most markets in Asia closed for Lunar New Year holidays. Tokyo ended 0.25 per cent, or 26 points ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Illustrating Egypt's regional economic influence, BlackRock said that while the nation is not a major producer of oil, crude oil prices have already risen sharply against trend from $84 to $91 per barrel amid concerns new Egyptian leadership might close ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon as concerns over Egypt supported higher oil prices and led to gains among energy-linked companies. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,765.5, while the ...