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But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite continuing - nay, escalating -- tensions in Iraq (there done, Iraq mentioned) and reports that Ukrainian ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... Middle East. The market opened lower following a weak lead from Wall Street, despite strong US economic data released overnight. Consumer confidence in the US increased for the second straight month in June to its highest level since January 2008 and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The share market has opened weaker following mixed leads overnight from overseas markets. China's best manufacturing activity data in six months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... this morning's headlines, reports and blogs and tweets on why oh why Wall Street stumbled big time (well, relatively) overnight. It slipped on oil. Tweet, tweet. It's because Gulf War III, here we come... maybe. You, I and Irene know so very well what ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... consumer confidence. Local stocks had been expected to open flat or slightly higher after a steady session in the US overnight and European stocks rose. However a fall in the iron ore price, weak consumer sentiment and a stubbornly high Australian dollar ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... Unemployment's weeping for action. If disinflation threatening to become deflation still doesn't do it for the ECB, that other overnight release - the job market - has crossed the t's and dotted the i's for immediate action. The region's unemployment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher despite a modest fall on Wall Street overnight in quiet trade. At 0705 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was 10 points higher at 5,492. In economic news on Wednesday, the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Australian share market was weaker in early trade ignoring positive leads out of the US overnight. US markets scaled record highs following a solid report on US manufacturing activity, while European markets were flat on soft German inflation data. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... iron-ore prices and concerns China's softening economy overshadows Wall Street's new highs. US markets performed strongly overnight but the iron ore price continued to fall putting pressure on the major Australian mining stocks, CMC Markets chief market ...