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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... earnings reports to extend their rally and close the first positive week this month amid Japan's disaster and fighting in Libya. The Dow Jones Industrial Average put on 50.03 points to 12,220.59, while the broader S&P 500 gained 4.14 (0.32 per cent) ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... paper currencies resulting from the pumping of money, money, money by the world's biggest central banks. The tension in Libya and the MENA region is certainly a factor for continued gains in energy prices - up 35.5 per cent since January last year. But ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... economy." Investors are turning their attention away from a long list of recent worries including high oil prices, violence in Libya and Japan's nuclear crisis. LONDON - European stock markets closed with solid gains and the euro firmed Thursday as investors ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... crisis. But dealers took the opportunity on Wednesday to cash in while tensions in North Africa and the Middle East - with Libya hit by UN-back airstrikes and uprisings in the Arab world - weighed on sentiment. Meanwhile, Chinese shares closed higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Japanese disaster." Overnight, oil prices pushed above $US105 per barrel, as traders focused on international crises in Libya and Yemen that could threaten global supplies at a time when consumption is tipped to increase. Meanwhile, Japan's meteorological ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... at least 100 points in four of the five previous trading days. Developments in Japan's nuclear crisis and the violence in Libya have been driving the volatility. The Dow jumped 3.6 per cent over the previous three days, its biggest gain since September. ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... started bombing Qaddafi's bum off his throne. And by the looks of it, they may have to unleash a military tsunami not only in Libya but in most of the MENA region. Here, for instance, are today's headlines from theage.com's World section: Buildings torched ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... share market closed higher, led by uranium and gold stocks, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 16.4 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,642.8 points ...