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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... received a mixed lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower, other markets also generally lower, and oil prices weaker. Metals prices ended higher, though. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower and oil prices dropping back below $US81 a barrel. Metals fell, too. At 0645 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... Australian stock market received mixed leads from offshore markets over the weekend, with Wall Street closing lower and oil prices ending weaker, but precious metals were higher. At 0729 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... especially as consumers account for 70 per cent of the US economy. But dig deeper, take out auto sales and gasoline sales (oil prices dipped during the month), and underlying retail spending would show a rebound of 0.1 per cent in the month, a sharp ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... had mixed leads from offshore markets overnight, with Wall Street, gold and silver trading lower, while copper and oil prices were higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points lower at 4,569 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... output. The gains in Europe followed a strong showing on Asian markets on Tuesday, where momentum was driven by rising oil prices and optimism over global economic prospects. Spanish press reports said the International Monetary Fund was working with ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... gloom and doom, here it is. Europe is slowing global growth into a recession. Tension in the Middle East would cause oil prices to spike. And with BP still unable to plug its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, precious supply is being lost. Higher oil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... trading, after Wall Street finished firmer and the benchmark copper futures contract closed higher. Gold, silver and oil prices were weaker, however. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 58 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... said. "The market liked it. "The finance sector is putting in the most points to the index." Mr Taylor said higher oil prices had helped boost the resources sector, and the likelihood that Greece would accept an austerity package in return for a bailout ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4,989 on volume of 12,060 contracts. With oil prices lower overnight, local energy stocks generally were lower, too. At 1228 AEST, oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was ...