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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian share market is again higher, continuing the gains of the last seven consecutive trading days. Overseas markets were mostly higher, led by strong rises in the US and Germany. Positive sentiment was boosted by the fact that sanctions imposed ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The share market has made a steady start to the week as renewed concern over tensions in Ukraine weighs on global markets. Wall Street and European markets lost ground on Friday as Ukraine ratcheted up military operations against pro-Russian rebels ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The share market is continuing its upward momentum, opening higher after low inflation data prompted a rally. US markets were weaker overnight but upbeat quarterly earnings reports released by Apple and Facebook after the close of trade sparked rises ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The stockmarket has opened stronger for the fifth consecutive session, thanks to another strong lead from Wall Street. The S&P/ASX200 pushed above 5,500 points soon after the open, for the first time since mid-2008. Rivkin global investment manager ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher after solid corporate earnings reports lifted the United States market. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local bourse was trading on a positive note after the Easter break. "The pipe-opener ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian share market is higher as investors await Chinese growth numbers. However, the resource sector is down despite BHP Billiton announcing an upbeat production report. Most investors are hanging out for China's gross domestic product (GDP) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US market lifted on the back of a solid earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data. "It was very good news out of the US as far as both retail sales and Citigroup - they were ...

Bloomberg takes over UBS commodities indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Bloomberg has negotiated a strategic partnership with UBS to allow its index business responsibility for governance, calculation, distribution and licensing of the bank's commodity indexes. From 1 July, the indexes will be renamed from the Dow Jones-UBS ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a lift in US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the ...