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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... Lennox said. "And iron ore was up 2.5% last night." The Reserve Bank disappointed investors on Tuesday by keeping its cash rate unchanged, though it has also maintained an easing bias. The big miners were the main beneficiaries of the rebound in iron ...

ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
ASIC is investigating a suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25%. The Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... he kept interest rates steady last month when consensus expectations were for a follow up 25 bps cut in the official cash rate. The RBA governor did again on the first Tuesday of this month - "...the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... well," he said. The broader share market is one per cent firmer, with financial markets widely expecting a cut in the cash rate to a new record low of 2%. All 20 economists surveyed by AAP expect there'll be a rate cut in May if the RBA doesn't move ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... on 3 February (from US$0.7820 the day before) after the RBA's surprise announcement of a 25 bps cut in the official cash rate to 2.25% that day. However, despite majority expectations for a follow-up reduction in March, the A$ headed back up reaching ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... space seven days ago. Yes Virginia, 'twas about the when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would next cut the official cash rate which it unexpectedly left unchanged at its March Board meeting after unexpectedly cutting it to a record low 2.25% at ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... meeting, the RBA said was of the view that bleak economic growth figures and low inflation could pave the way for further cash rate cuts. It meets again on April 7. Banking stocks were a particular area of strength, while all sectors of the market gained. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... interest rate on hold. Those stocks were sold off "fairly savagely" following the central bank's decision to leave the cash rate on hold at a record low of 2.25 per cent, Mr Lucas said. "It's not normal that you see the ASX move as hard as it did after ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower after the central bank unexpectedly left the cash rate on hold. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 5,933.9. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... monetary policy at the previous meeting, it was appropriate to hold interest rates steady for the time being". The official cash rate remains at 2.25%. Gov Glen cut when the majority expected him not to and he didn't when the majority expected him to ...