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Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... lowering to 7.0% -- when the parliament meets for its annual session this month or OPEC suddenly announces a sharp cut in oil production, or geo-political tensions rises, or all these happen or... a black swan happens. At home, political and fiscal policy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... Westpac lifted 56.5 cents to $38.855. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton dropped 45 cents to $33.67 as crude oil prices fell and base metals had a mixed night. Rio Tinto fell $1.03 to $64.57, and Fortescue Metals dipped three cents to ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... and let its neighbours beggar America by dumping their economic weakness and deflation to the US. While the plunge in crude oil prices remains the biggest contributor, it's also a fact that the strong US dollar is putting downward pressure on US inflation. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... Wesfarmers was down $1.25, or 2.8 per cent, to $44.19. Mr Le Brun said the energy sector was also pulling back after world oil prices fell sharply overnight. West Texas Intermediate for April dived $2.82 to close Thursday at $48.17 a barrel. Woodside ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... it remains lower than its level six months ago and 2.0% below that of 12 months prior. Seems like the RBA rate cut, falling oil prices, rising house and stock prices are getting very little bang for their buck. Makes me wonder if consumers and businesses ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... down 30.7 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 5,877.9. NEW YORK - The Nasdaq has powered closer to 5000 points while weakness in oil-linked equities keeps the Dow and S&P 500 in the red. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 20.75 points (0.42 per cent) ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... Westpac lost 12 cents to $37.76 and Commonwealth Bank fell 28 cents to $90.59. Energy stocks were mixed despite a rise in crude oil prices, with Woodside Petroleum down 5.5 cents to $34.855, Oil Search fell five cents to $8.15 but Santos rose eight cents ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... off the radar for a couple of months until we face the bailout program extension question again." But James said the lower oil and gold price and higher Aussie dollar were headwinds for the resources sector. Oil Search fell 5.5 cents to $8.24, while ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... results from companies including Coles owner Wesfarmers and iiNet missed expectations, and the energy sector slumped on lower oil prices. Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said investors appeared to be reacting to several days of mixed financial ...

Australian dividend growth leads Asia Pacific

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... introduced our 2015 forecast, three key things have changed: first, the global economic outlook has clouded; secondly, the oil price has collapsed to a six year low and thirdly, the US dollar has surged in value. "Overall, we now expect dividends to ...