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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... modest slowdown in September manufacturing activity compared with the prior month. The strengthening US dollar, lower oil prices that have hit energy equities and the first confirmed US case of the Ebola virus, also prompted unease. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... William Lynch, director of investment at Hinsdale Associates. Dow member ExxonMobil dipped 1.3 per cent, hurt by lower oil prices and by worry that sanctions on Russia will curtail the oil giant's plans in the country. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... at $35.17, while Rio Tinto had lost 43 cents, or 0.66 per cent, at $64.87. The high US dollar also resulted in lower oil prices, prompting energy stocks to fall. Woodside was down 38 cents to $35.21, Oil Search shed eight cents to $7.06 and Santos was ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... And I've said this many, many times before: Oil companies may not like it but from a macro-economic standpoint lower oil prices are a positive. So are falling commodity prices in general. Just think of the downward pull they'll have on inflation. Investors ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... rate of the US dollar. Australian export earnings would be the same when translated into Australian dollars. Lower oil prices? Australia is a net importer of oil. How could this be negative? Just ask the New South Walers who are facing a rise in electricity ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... level where the positives are not fully priced in.' He also noted that the positive impact of monetary policy and lower oil prices are being underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living in a world of fools ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... declined, dragging the Standard & Poor's 500 Index down from an eight-month high, as energy producers dropped on lower oil prices and banks slid amid higher loan losses" to explain Wall Street. However, the fact that the bears have not come out proclaiming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices finished 0.14 per cent higher, supported by gains in energy stocks due to lower oil prices and improved demand for coal. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 25.35 points to 18,203.40. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... level where the positives are not fully priced in.' He also noted that the positive impact of monetary policy and lower oil prices are being underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living in a world of fools ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... between the financial markets and the real economy and a general lack of confidence. While positive factors such as lower oil prices, fiscal stimuli and lower interest rates have prevented a full-blown market meltdown, he pledged that the group would ...