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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... Robert Rennie said US equities had its first rally in a week, which encouraged investors to invest in risk assets and commodities. "It was a good close for US equities, ending a streak of losses in the US, one of the worst streaks we've seen in many ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... they have been translated in to their domestic currency. "China is inflating the world more through its demand for commodities than the price of its exports," said Dutton. "The price of China's exports to the US has been consistently falling over the ...

HSBC expand trade with new head role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... new head role as part of its expansion plans for its trade finance business, appointing former BNP Paribas Fortis commodities senior, John Saunders, to the position. Saunders has accepted the new role as head of commodity and structured trade finance ...

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Ethical Trust, earned S&P's three-star 'NEW' rating. S&P has also handed a three-star rating to Russell Investment's Commodities Fund, which had been on hold since January when the manager appointed Jefferies Asset Management as the sole underlying sub-adviser ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... cent. Mr Chatterton said the gold price remained buoyant and would probably strengthen on Thursday, while most other commodities were weaker. "I suspect the bigger companies will come down with what happened in the US, so BHP, Rio, the banks, even the ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... Street's up - big time. Europe's up - big time. Emerging market equities are up - big time. So too are the prices of many commodities. They all jump - big time -- on the last trading of May (a few minutes more of trading and they might have erased all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Wednesday's gains, like Tuesday's, were only a modest technical rebound after recent sustained losses, especially in commodities-linked stocks, and investors showed no appetite for any major commitment. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... opposite directions. "Just on the open, we've seen a little bit of buying in resource stocks on the back of the uplift in commodities overnight," he said. Market heavyweight BHP Billiton rose 20 cents, or 0.46 per cent to $43.44, while Rio Tinto gained ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... outperforming its peers, having declined nine cents, or 0.41 per cent, to $21.93. The major miners were in the red amid weaker commodities prices overnight. BHP Billiton was off 13 cents at $43.16, while Rio Tinto had slipped 25 cents to $78.74. In the ...