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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... their power to keep the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets overnight with gains for the euro, the Australian dollar and some commodities and that has filtered through to the opening of our session." Locally, Caltex shares dropped 33 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The Australian dollar has moved higher, in line with market moves in the US and Europe. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.14 US cents, up from 102.42 on Wednesday. CMC foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the local ...

Aust real estate investors staying home

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... in Australia whereas in other markets we are not seeing that," she added. Breen said with the strength of the Australian dollar it begged the question should Australian investors be looking overseas while they can benefit from currency exchange effects. ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... at least. Phew! What relief. Gauging from the currency markets' reaction - euro up against the US dollar and Australian dollar back above parity - it's back to risk on boys and girls. After five weeks of intense speculation and nail-biting suspense ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Index - jumped by 2.3% overnight, the biggest one-day gain since 20 December. The euro hopped above US$1.25. The Australian dollar rose by 1.8% is heading back towards parity with the greenback. Commodity prices rose by 1.3% with oil up 1.0%. Whispering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... made itself felt today." More selling of risk assets dominated intra-day trading and cut 0.5 per cent off the Australian dollar, with Telstra and gold stocks the only bright spots as investors rushed into safe havens. Telstra firmed one cent to $3.65 ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... increases spending, which increases profits, and so on... For Australia, this comes in the form of the falling Australian dollar. Overall, however, the prospect of a near-term market rebound still depends on some form of central bank and/or government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... building approvals fell 8.74 per cent in April - well short of economists' predictions of a 0.5 per cent rise. The Australian dollar fell below 97 US cents on the news, and was trading at 97.09 US cents by 1200 AEST. Market heavyweight BHP Billiton sank ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... tumbled on fresh fears about a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, with all local stock sectors weaker and the Australian dollar touching a six-month low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 54 points, or 1.31 per cent, at 4,067, while the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... squaring up, seeing if we can get back to where everyone else is around the globe," Ms Roadley said. A weaker Australian dollar may have also played some role in lifting mining-related stocks, Ms Roadley said. One negative limiting gains was financial ...