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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... 113.54 points, or 2.76 per cent, to 4,225.99 TOKYO - Japanese stocks added one per cent after a sharp drop in crude oil prices and a strong rebound on Wall Street. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 127.15 points to 12,887.95. ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... back in September 2006. The Fed remains stuck between a rock and a hard place. News of another sharp drop in crude oil prices overnight is encouraging. Crude oil prices fell to a low of US$134.60 per barrel last night from US$139.86/barrel. This represents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... sparking fears of more heavy losses in the US sub-prime mortgage crisis. Adding to the turmoil were a sharp spike in oil prices to fresh record highs and another slide in the US dollar, all against a backdrop of political unease over Iran and the possibility ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... share market lifted as investors snapped up stocks that now look cheap after being beaten down on the back of higher oil prices, the global credit crunch and fears of an economic slowdown. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 79 points, or 1.6 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... to 5022.4. It was the S&P/ASX 200's lowest close since 15 August 2006 when it finished at 4936. NEW YORK - Tumbling oil prices fuelled a rally on Wall Street, helping investors shake off renewed fears about a credit squeeze and further economic turmoil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... share average dipped 0.16 per cent to set its longest losing streak in more than half a century as worries about high oil prices and the global economy hit exporters such as Toyota. The Nikkei fell 20.97 points on the day to end at 13,265.40. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street stocks tumbled in volatile trade as crude oil prices raced to record highs triggering fresh economic jitters. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
High oil prices is causing inflation to rise to nearly 5 per cent but at least they helped convince the Reserve Bank to not lift interest rates. Yesterday the Reserve held off pushing rates above their 7.25 per cent benchmark level citing slowing domestic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... and financial shares reversed earlier losses as investors scoured for bargains, overshadowing concerns about record oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32.25 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 11,382.26. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall Street fell on concerns that record oil prices and the seemingly endless credit crisis will further damage the economy. Resource stocks may gain after commodities including oil, gold ...