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Daily Economic Update

... in the deficit in the coming months if the price of oil continues to recede and signs of stronger growth among the US' trading partners. Meanwhile, a 23 per cent drop in gasoline prices since early September sparked a rebound in consumer sentiment. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2005
... Nikkei average edged down as profit-taking hit banks, but buyers flocked to steel makers on earnings optimism, boosting trading volume to a record high. The Tokyo bourse, the world's second biggest, saw its busiest day of trade on the first section in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2005
... British shares closed back above the 5400 level for the first time in a month, buoyed by a clutch of well-received UK trading figures and better-than-expected US data that calmed inflation concerns. The FTSE closed up 73.3 points or 1.37 per cent at ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2005
... precious metals helps to underpin the local bourse. However, most investors will be watching Westpac shares when they resume trading this morning, after an embarrassing gaffe by the company forced it to release its annual results a day early. On the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... market is expected to open firmer, continuing the strong form of yesterday, although it is expected to be capped by thin trading due to a public holiday in Melbourne. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 27 points ...

Economic Roundup

Increased volatility continued to be the name of the game during last week's financial market trading activity. Inflation and its attendant consequence on monetary policy - read higher interest rates -- remained the major cause for recent investor trepidation. ...

Market wrap

... hitting a one-year low and drugs firm AstraZeneca falling after investors found fault with the companies' third-quarter trading updates. The FTSE 100 closed at 5182.8, down 45 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 4806.05, down 94.74 points. PARIS ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2005
... Nasdaq Composite Index fell 6.38 points to 2109.45. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index closed lower after some disappointing trading updates, although retailer Marks & Spencer climbed as it broke resistance. The FTSE 100 index closed down 25.5 points at 518 ...

Share traders switch to derivatives

... derivatives such as Exchange Traded Options (ETOs), futures and warrants. "We expect this trend to continue," he said. Trading in CFDs is like trading in shares except there are lower commission fees and there is a wider range of local and international ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Inflation and interest rates continued to be the dominant theme at last week's financial market trading activity in Australia. A surprise jump in US headline consumer price inflation - and its implication for more aggressive interest rate hikes by the ...