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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding from heavy losses on Friday. Precious metals were mixed, but oil prices surged. On the ASX 24 at 0738 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was eight points higher at 4,734. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... influences," Mr Jones said from Wellington. "On the one hand, we had quite a strong night for commodity prices with oil prices up four per cent, gold prices rising nearly two per cent. "Those commodity price gains certainly provided some support for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... Despite early gains, major energy stocks had fallen into negative territory by noon. Overnight trade saw a drop in oil prices on news of an unexpected rise in US crude inventories and fears that China would take action to cool its robust economic growth. ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Countrywide Financial Corp unit. There was bad news on energy stocks. The energy sector fell the most overnight as oil prices tumbled by more than 4 per cent as global growth slowdown fears re-emerged. And this brings us to the bad news in the global ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed lower and oil prices fell. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 27 points lower at 4,550 points ...