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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and record production results from BHP Billiton. In the US the Dow Jones finished 0.36 per cent higher after investors welcomed the best existing-home sales figures in eight ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as geopolitical worries weigh on sentiment. At 0811 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,496. Geopolitical concerns, with the ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Australian shares are lower at noon following the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. Wall Street retreated sharply off the back of the news overnight. The Dow Jones closed 161.39 points, or 0.94% A lower to 16,976.81 after reaching a record ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
"Play it again, Chumbawamba"... "I get knocked down but I get up again..." Can't really stop those bargain hunters hunting for bargains on Wall Street, 'ey? Not even with the previous day's headlines talkin' 'bout the Fed saying that those bargains ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong performance on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average bolted to a new record. At 0812 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing mostly lower after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Coalition's deal with the Palmer United Party (PUP) to retain the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will provide a guarantee of consumer protection, MP Clive Palmer has said. Speaking to journalists in Canberra, Palmer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the ...