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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... 3,605.19. Facebook was in focus after the leading social network's earnings report, released after the market closed Wednesday, showed robust growth in ad revenue from mobile technology. Facebook shares skyrocketed 30 per cent to $34.35 on the Nasdaq. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... general meeting scheduled. The NAB's National Small Business Summit continues in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished firmer with resource companies shaking off a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing activity. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... just awaiting those developments," he said. The content of those releases was likely to drive the market's direction on Wednesday, he said. The Reserve Bank of Australia has an annual target range for inflation of between two and three per cent so the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... on Wall Street and after a second consecutive day in which the S&P/ASX200 index closed above 5,000. At 0812 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,980. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... the CAC 40 jumped 1.44 per cent to 3,972.79 points. The euro dropped to $US1.3083 from $US1.3123 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed in a muted reaction after US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke said the bank had no ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... second quarter report, while Duet Group and SP Ausnet have annual general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed slightly lower as investors waited for an update on economic stimulus measures in the US from that country's top ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... despite strong production reports from Australia's two biggest miners. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said investors on Wednesday would focus on the release of strong mining production reports. "The market's flat, but I think some of these strong reports ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... records as investors looked ahead to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,941. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... meanwhile added 57.55 (1.63 per cent) to 3,578.30, its highest level since September 2000. Bernanke, speaking in Boston late Wednesday afternoon, promised to keep interest rates low due to the weak economy, suggesting a slower time-frame to tapering ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... speak at a Melbourne Mining Club lunch while CSR has its annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher despite slipping in afternoon trade due to concerns about an economic slowdown in China. Data from the world's ...