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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... hard enough - but this economic indicator is the more important in my book, it shows what the worry of yesterday - slumping oil prices - and the concern du' jour - the strong US dollar - equates to for America. These equal to slumping US import prices ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Weston said market expectations the Reserve Bank will cut the interest rate was helping the banks but weak commodities and oil prices are prompting investors to avoid mining and energy stocks. "I think this is all keeping people just a little bit cautious ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... miner Fortescue Metals was down nine cents, or 4.46 per cent, at $1.93. Woodside Petroleum had dropped 16 cents to $34.73 but oil and gas explorer Santos was up three cents to $7.36. Among the big banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 24 cents at $90.44 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... iron ore chief executive Andrew Harding are slated to speak at the Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast Conference in Perth. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum reversed 32 cents to $34.52 and Santos shed six cents to $7.49.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... down 46 cents at $32.18, Rio Tinto had fallen 92 cents to $59.47, and Fortescue Metals had scraped off one cent to $2.14. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum lost 50 cents to $34.66. Santos retreated 26 cents to $7.58 as it struck a deal to supply ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... interest rate at 2.25 per cent, but observers believe the RBA has a couple more cuts in mind for 2015. Meanwhile, falling crude oil prices overnight, caused by US oversupply concerns and weak China growth forecasts, has hit the energy players and miners ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... billion senior secured debt issue to push back the maturity date on its debt pile. Mr McCarthy said that, meanwhile, a rise in oil prices was "speaking directly" to the energy sector. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum jumped 10 cents to $35.20 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Rio Tinto plummeted $2.12 to $62.68, BHP Billiton was down 24 cents to $33.30 and Fortescue Metals fell 1.5 cents to $2.41. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was up 25 cents at $35.35, while Santos gained nine cents to $8.03. Amid the major banks ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... ratio at 51% is on par with the general European equity market, there is potential for this to increase to 60-70% to match the Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors. To achieve this, insurers will have to keep improving their solvency ratios, which now stand ...