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Emerging markets a no go in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... attractive across the emerging markets space generally, there are still plenty of headwinds to deter investors. The falling oil price, a strengthening dollar and the increasing likelihood of a continued slowdown in China are all weighing on sentiment ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... cents to $39.26, ANZ lifted 38 cents to $37.05 and Westpac advanced 45 cents to $39.90. The mining giants also made gains as oil and gold prices rose, with BHP Billiton up 31 cents to $30.53, Rio Tinto adding 22 cents to $56 and iron ore pure play Fortescue ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... $30.17, Rio Tinto was down 52 cents at $55.89 and iron ore pure play Fortescue Metals lost 6.5 cents to $1.83. But the price of oil has rebounded, lifted by a report showing a decline in US crude production and a deadly explosion and fire on an oil platform ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... to take profit on maybe the weaker stocks... something like this is a great opportunity to do so," Ms Ordway said. In the oil and gas sector, Woodside Petroleum rose 38 cents, or 1.12 per cent, to $34.38, Santos added eight cents to $7.10 and Oil Search ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Though according to the Wall Street Journal, "It isn't all about roads, rails and ports. The plan calls for the construction of oil and natural-gas pipelines. Fiber-optic networks are also to get funding, as are information technology, new energy and ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Weaker oil and iron ore prices and plans for a bank deposit tax are contributing to heavy falls on the share market. Energy stocks are the the biggest losers after crude oil prices sunk, reversing several days of gains following the Saudi-led air assault ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... at $4.37, JB Hi-Fi up 23.5 cents at $18.635 and Flight Centre putting on 63 cents to $39.19. Energy stocks were up as crude oil jumped five per cent after bombing of Shi'ite rebels in Yemen. Woodside Petroleum had added 13 cents to $35.40, Santos had ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... suspects: profit-taking; end-of-month, end-of-quarter window dressing; lofty valuations; strong US dollar/high US dollar; cheap oil prices/rebounding oil prices; weakening US economic activity/re-strengthening US economic activity and the latest... Germanwings ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... dropped 4.90 (0.24 per cent) to 2,056.15, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 13.16 (0.27 per cent) at 4,863.36. Oil prices rose sharply as a Saudi-led coalition bombed Houthi Shi'ite rebels in support of Yemen's embattled president. Airline ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... Fortescue Metals was up five cents at $2.09 The energy sector was mixed, with Woodside Petroleum losing 22 cents to $34.88, but oil and gas explorer Santos lifting 12 cents to $7.46 and Oil Search adding eight cents to $7.68. Telstra was down 4.5 cents ...