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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... Australian share market has opened higher on reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan and a rise in commodity prices. Wall Street stocks rallied overnight on reports that the People's Bank of China is providing $US81.4 billion ($A88.1 billion) in liquidity ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... over the weekend. I'll let the headlines do the talking: China Industrial Production Growth Slumps to Six-Year Low (Wall Street Journal) China Aug power output falls for first time in 4 years, steel largely flat (Reuters) China Industrial Output And ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,476. US stocks have finished mixed as the tech-rich ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... release minutes of its monthly board meeting at 1130 AEST, and tonight's US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 0.26 of a per cent while the S&P500 dipped 0.07 of a per cent and the ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... 84.519 on Friday. The previous nine-week period of gains occurred between December 1996 and February 1997," printed the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). And in what appears to be sweet surrender, the WSJ's follow-up article this morning explains why: "The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,476. US stocks have finished mixed as the tech-rich ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... head Woe is me, I should have stayed in bed..." -- Everly Brothers A confluence of worries - old and new -- concerned Wall Street last week taking the S&P 500 index 1.1% and the Dow 0.9% lower over the past five trading days. Tensions in the Ukraine ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as falls in the banking sector offset a better day for mining stocks. Wall Street finished little changed overnight as concerns about the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence and weak global inflation dampened ...