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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... $32.18, ANZ had dropped 20 cents to $31.01, Commonwealth Bank had lost 33 cents to $81.86, and National Australia Bank had fallen eight cents to $32.01. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton retreated 41 cents to $28.59, Rio Tinto reversed ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... miner BHP Billiton was down 90 cents, or three per cent, at $29.20, Rio Tinto had dropped $1.08 to $56.05 and Fortescue had fallen 10 cents to $2.55. Among the big banks, ANZ had lost 36.5 cents to $32.03, National Australia Bank had lost 13 cents to ...

FSI favours Chile-style default super auction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... come down considerably by 2020. The Financial System Inquiry final report has argued that superannuation fees have not fallen as low as they could have done, due largely to an "absence of strong consumer-driven competition." It put this lack of competition ...

'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... would provide the "ideal" way for institutional investors to make block trades. "The average trade size in the market has fallen to $5,400 as at the end of September quarter. So if you're trying to move a huge chunk of shares, it's become very difficult ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... sustained, lowers its import bill by $60 billion, or 3%. Most of its exports are manufactured goods whose prices have not fallen. Unless weak demand changes that, its foreign currency will go further, and living standards should rise. Cheaper oil will ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... that the Australian dollar has been the second strongest currency in the G10 in 2014. "Even though the Aussie dollar has fallen versus the US dollar," he said, "it hasn't fallen versus all of our other trading partners, especially Europe and Japan. So ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... markets were closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. LONDON - Borrowing costs for the German and French governments have fallen to record lows on the prospect of quantitative easing in the struggling eurozone, while the euro slid further and stocks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... global miner BHP Billiton had lost 33 cents to $32.85, Rio Tinto had dropped 66 cents to $58.81, and Fortescue Metals had fallen 15 cents to $2.82. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank sagged 32 cents to $80.63, ANZ dipped two cents to $31.81, National ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... final taper on 29 October, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq have appreciated by 2.8% and the Dow by 4.0%; the VIX index has fallen to a reading of 13.8 from 15.2 (and this year's high of 31.1 hit on the 15th of October); and, yields on 10-year bonds ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... "European stock markets were fairly static on Tuesday with low volumes producing low volatility as investors paid tribute to fallen heroes on Remembrance Day in the UK and Veterans Day in the US," said CMC Markets UK analyst Jasper Lawler. The euro rose ...