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Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... barrel mark in July, August and September. The official cash rate has fallen by 300 basis points since then. Crude oil prices are now below US$50 a barrel. And then there is the A$10.4 billion fiscal stimulus (maybe more) handed down by the Federal Government. ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Thank you that equities have only lost about half their value this year, they could have lost more. Thank you that oil prices have fallen, Americans can again afford to drive to their family Thanksgiving gathering and compare how much they've lost in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... dropped, with BHP down eight cents, at $25.02 and Rio shedding $1.72, or 2.34 per cent, to $71.72. Despite a fall in oil prices overnight, energy stocks were mixed. Australia's biggest oil and gas producer, Woodside Petroleum, was up 88 cents, or 2.46 ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. Less than a year ago, consumers around the world demanded action from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... while rival Rio Tinto added $4.32, or 6.1 per cent, to $75.10. Energy stocks also were significantly stronger, after oil prices rose overnight to end a four-day losing streak. Woodside Petroleum gained $2.62, or 6.85 per cent, to $40.87, Oil Search rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... amid worldwide recession fears. The bourse was being dragged down by financial stocks and hampered by weaker crude oil prices and generally lower base metal prices. The Australian dollar - which was close to parity with the US dollar about three months ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... cent, at $66.55. In the US overnight, stocks dived on growing global recession fears, grim company outlooks and falling oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 514.45 points, or 5.69, to 8,519.21. The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index hit a ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... rising price of commodities - which helped underpin growth over the past few years - has reversed. Similarly, crude oil prices are currently trading in the mid US$60 per barrel mark, down from a high of more than US$145 a barrel only three months ago ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... The Australian share market was nearly three per cent higher at noon, led by the resources sector, after copper and oil prices held firm late on Friday. Stocks may react to a report due from China today which will show how fast that economy grew in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were marginally higher at noon after falling oil prices and easing credit markets helped soothe investor jitters on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 19.2 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,032.6, after ...