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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... received generally positive leads from overnight trading overseas, with Wall Street closing flat to higher, gold and oil prices rising, while silver and base metal copper eased. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0739 AEST, the June share price index ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... the 0.1 per cent fall in average hourly earnings to US$18.90. Not a great deal, really, but couple this with rising oil prices and you have a recipe for reduced disposable income. Plus, have you noticed that US benchmark bond yields are now back to their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... stock market has received mostly positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading higher and copper and oil prices firmer, although gold and silver futures prices were weaker. At 0734 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... market has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher, metals prices stronger and oil prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points higher at 4,939 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... finished 0.10 per cent lower. Gold, silver and copper futures contract prices were higher in offshore trade, while oil prices fell slightly.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street finishing higher and precious and base metals prices firmer, although oil prices were weaker. At 0735 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was two points lower at 4,924 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Australian share market is expected to open stronger after gains on Wall Street and with higher precious metal and oil prices. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 35 points higher at 4,931 points. In economic ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... rate of the US dollar. Australian export earnings would be the same when translated into Australian dollars. Lower oil prices? Australia is a net importer of oil. How could this be negative? Just ask the New South Walers who are facing a rise in electricity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... contracts. The local market opened on a bright note, shrugging off a mixed lead from offshore markets where Wall Street and oil prices finished firmer but precious and base metals prices were weaker. But the trend eased during the morning, after the ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... level where the positives are not fully priced in.' He also noted that the positive impact of monetary policy and lower oil prices are being underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living in a world of fools ...