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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Beaten-down petroleum-linked stocks had another bad day as US oil prices sank to a fresh-five year low on a forecast by the OPEC cartel for lower demand for its oil in 2015. Dow members ExxonMobil and Chevron skidded nearly 3.0 per cent and 2.0 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... cut production. Oil prices have sunk to fresh four-year lows, with New York crude tumbling below $US70 after the OPEC oil cartel held its collective output ceiling. "The oil price is like a wet blanket over the whole market," said Lonsec senior client ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The cartel that controls 40% of oil production - the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - met and concluded their 166th meeting in Vienna, Australia last night. The conclusion: "...in the interest of restoring market equilibrium, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... $5.015. But Ms Roadley said the resources sector, and particularly smaller miners, had been hurt by news a Russian Potash cartel would be broken up. BHP was 18 cents lower at $34.77, while Rio Tinto had dropped three cents to $57.68. KEY FACTS * At 1025 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Zealand ordered Qantas to pay a $NZ6.5 million ($A4.82 million) penalty as part of a pre-trial settlement in the air cargo cartel case, the highest yet for price fixing in NZ. National turnover was 1.26 billion shares worth $2.55 billion, with 258 stocks ...

Oil hits record high as Yukos told to stop sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... international supplies. The news intensified concerns over the lack of spare capacity in the international oil system, as the OPEC cartel pumps at its highest level for a quarter of a century to meet strong global demand growth. US light crude settled ...

ACCC making progress in crackdown on cartels

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... year. Mr Samuel said the whistleblowers had been told that if their information led to legal action being taken against a cartel they would be guaranteed leniency. He described cartels as a cancer on the economy and said the ACCC's campaign would pick ...

ACCC boss to target internet scams and cartel collusion

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004
... regulator Graeme Samuel said the two major campaigns for 2004 will be a crackdown on internet scams and the break-up of cartel collusion. Mr Samuel said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will conduct a massive sweep of the internet ...

Approach of ACCC unchanged: Samuel

... important recent action by the ACCC the decision to offer leniency to any company first reporting involvement in a 'hard-core' cartel. He also re-affirmed the ACCC would continue seeking jail terms for any company executive convicted of seriously breaching ...