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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on Friday in response to mounting violence in the Middle East. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 24 points to 4903. Today, the Reserve Bank ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
This week's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released ...

Weekly economic round-up

Like a dodgy taxi meter, the price of crude oil has lately been ticking higher almost every day. So much so that concerns are beginning to mount over the negative repercussion on inflation and global growth. Escalating prices of crude oil has relegated ...

Daily economic update

Economic data released today becomes less significant for forward viewing compared with the continuing escalation in crude oil prices. Crude oil set a new record US$72.49 high in overnight trade after a car bomb in Nigeria kept alive investor concerns ...

Daily economic update

A higher-than-expected US core CPI reading cancelled out yesterday's positive mood in the financial markets brought about by good news on producer price inflation and the minutes of the March FOMC meeting, which raised hopes that US rate rises are about ...

Daily economic update

The US trade balance narrowed to a deficit of US$65.74 billion in February from a record US$68.59 billion deficit in the previous month. Market expectations were for a deficit of US$67.5 billion. US exports fell by 1.2 per cent as a 5.8 per cent drop ...

Market wrap

The Australian share market could open a touch higher despite a negative lead from Wall Street with the futures market showing hope. US markets fell after disappointing earnings from technology bellwethers Intel Corp and Yahoo Inc raised doubts about ...

2006 market conditions will suit value investing: Tyndall

Tyndall, Standard and Poor's 2005 fund manager of the year, is warning that bonds would give few returns and equities may remain "overpriced" and these conditions will suit value managers. Bob Van Muster, head of equities, said as value managers Tyndall ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower, with a weak lead from Wall Street and a fairly steady day on the local market yesterday. The Australian share market continued its record-setting run, before ending relatively unchanged yesterday. ...