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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... news for risk assets, like the Aussie. "We saw the the euro rally, we saw the Aussie dollar rally and at the same time commodity prices came back to life and they have really lifted the mining space today," he said. The local market is around one per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... sentiment reading also gave the market a small boost. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said rising commodity prices boosted the mining giants. "The best performing sector is the materials sector - so that's BHP, Rio essentially," ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is starting the week flat, as weakness in commodity prices and mining stocks offsets gains in other sectors. US stocks rose about one per cent after better-than-expected labour force data on Friday showed more jobs were created ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... for its best gain since October 2011. What the? Is China growing strongly again? Is the credit crunch there over? Are commodity prices back up? Nah, the same worries over our big and closest brother are still there. Aussie equities rallied because, according ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... "It is not just a CDO, but a CDO squared. All we have in Australia is, at its simplest, a credit bubble built upon a commodity boom dependent for its sustenance on an even greater credit bubble in China." Ha ha bloody ha ha. This is the same Mr. Edwards ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to release its index of commodity prices for June and the Australian Industry Group its performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, also for June. The Dun and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... has shot up 76 cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $31.23. The big miners are posting solid losses, however, following falls in commodity prices overnight including iron ore, Australia's most valuable export. BHP Billiton has shed 56 cents, or 1.8 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... analyst Tim Radford said the local falls also had been notched up despite the falling Australian dollar and a rise in commodity prices. "A level of strong buying support is emerging at around 4,700. So, we could again see shares sell off at the open ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... analyst Tim Radford said the local falls also had been notched up despite the falling Australian dollar and a rise in commodity prices. "A level of strong buying support is emerging at around 4,700. So, we could again see shares sell off at the open ...