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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... performers. "That's unsurprising given we had a weaker US dollar overnight and a slight uptick in commodity prices, including oil," he said. Global miner BHP Billiton lifted 32 cents to $31.32, but Rio Tinto lost 27 cents to $57.94, while Fortescue Metals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... sector suffers from falling commodity prices. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said falling iron ore and oil prices overnight have pushed the miners and energy sector into the red. The crude oil market gave back much of its Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where energy stocks fell along with the price of oil. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news on ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... falling commodity prices and the Brazilian real. Prices of its biggest exports - iron ore (13% of total exports) and crude oil (8.4%) - have nearly halved, denting the country's export earnings and by extension, economic growth. The latest Consensus ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... did commodities (due to their negative correlation with the US dollar): The Reuters/Jeffries CRB index jumped by 1.5%; crude oil went on a tear with the price of Brent surging by 5.4% and that of the WTI jumping by 3.2%. COMEX gold and silver prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... after negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe fell overnight, oil prices plummeted to a fresh six-year low, putting pressure on energy stocks. "It's one of the big drags on the market - ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... iron ore miner Fortescue Metals was four cents weaker at $1.97. The energy sector was stronger despite further weakness in oil prices, with Woodside Petroleum up 55 cents at $34.54, Santos 24 cents better off at $7.21, Oil Search gaining 10.5 cents to ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Say whaaa? Wall Street up - big time (well, relatively) - on the same night that crude oil prices went for another leg down. What ever happened to the headlines of not so long ago that went, "US equities sell off as oil prices tumbles" or something ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower, dragged down by energy and mining stocks following a sharp fall in oil prices and low iron ore prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.8 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 5,797.7. The broader ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... were among the weakest on Monday. Woodside Petroleum was down 71 cents, or two per cent, to $34.04 following another slide in oil prices, while Santos lost 11 cents to $7.00 and Oil Search fell 29 cents to $7.60. Woodside also announced a shut-in of ...