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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... higher after US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve said the economy was stabilising. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... that the world's largest economy is pulling out of recession. Silver and copper prices were higher, while gold and oil prices were lower. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 41 points higher at 4303. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received solid leads from overseas after US stocks surged and oil prices gained overnight. Gold and silver prices also were higher, while copper closed slightly weaker. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

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  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell and oil prices dropped overnight. Higher gold, silver and copper prices could help lift the market, however. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after US stocks rose and oil prices gained overnight. Lower gold, silver and copper prices could limit gains, however. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... LONDON - European stock exchanges wilted, dragged down by a disappointing report on US consumer confidence and a fall in oil prices. The London FTSE 100 index shed 31.49 points, or 0.76 per cent, to close at 4,127.17. FRANKFURT - The Dax slipped 53.76 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... materials sectors were dampeners on the market following weaker oil and base metals prices overnight. "We've seen crude oil prices continuing to fall for the past five days... on concerns about the overall speed of the so-called economic recovery and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... Australian share market was more than one per cent lower at noon following a negative lead from Wall Street, weaker oil prices and losses in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.1 points, or 0.98 per cent, at ...