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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 ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... write home to mother about. But when you do put keys to email, don't repeat to mommy that it's because of the sharp bounce in oil prices - Brent now up to US$61.52/barrel; WTI up to US$52.78 - neither is it due to the Ukraine/Russia ceasefire nor Greece ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... In Australia, the market on Friday rallied to a six-week year high due to Rio Tinto's massive shareholder returns, rising oil prices and optimism from a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 133.9 points, or 2.33 per cent ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... shares were up $2.53, or 4.2 per cent, at $62.43. "We've also seen strong rallies in industrial commodities - in particular oil and copper making very significant jumps," Mr McCarthy said. BHP Billiton had added $1.01, or 3.3 per cent, to $62.43 and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... a volatile morning of trade, caused by mixed company earnings, a rise in unemployment, and a falling Australian dollar and oil price. The All Ordinaries index was down 0.2 per cent at noon on Thursday after opening higher. "It's been a day where the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The sharemarket is lower after disappointing results from CSL and Suncorp Group sent their stocks dipping, while falling oil prices dented the energy sector. Shares in market heavyweight, the Commonwealth Bank also fell despite it announcing a recorded ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... Metals had eased five cents, or almost two per cent, to $2.49. But the energy sector had benefited from a recovery in crude oil prices for a second day, with Woodside Petroleum up 33 cents at $35.82, Oil Search rising one cent to $8.29 and Santos up ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... 2.6% real GDP growth and concerns over reduced investment - including hiring -- in the US energy sector due to the drop in oil prices and foreboding over the strong and strengthening US dollar. Total employment up 257,000 in January - more than expectations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading higher for a record 12th trading session in a row, boosted by a rise in oil prices. However, the upward momentum has been tempered by the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly statement. OptionsXpress market analyst ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...