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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Australian stocks have fallen to a two month low as escalating tension in Iraq caused heavy falls on Wall Street. Another sharp drop in the iron ore price has also sparked heavy falls in Australian miners. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said he thought ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Australian stocks are weaker, with heavy falls by iron ore miners dragging down the overall market. Stockbrokers had been forecasting a positive start to the week on the back of gains on Wall Street on Friday but heavy falls in the price of iron ore ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Australian stocks are giving up many of the week's gains in response to a technology sector driven slide on Wall Street overnight. IG markets strategist Chris Weston said the sell-off in the US was driven by a plunge in tech stocks, which have fallen ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher, following gains on European and US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the rally on global markets came after several days of weakness. He said European markets recorded ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have started the week lower, following a sell-off on Wall Street on Friday. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said US markets moved lower during Friday's session as investors took profits following recent gains, putting the local market ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened stronger following a rally on global markets overnight. New York's Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed more than one per cent overnight, while markets across Europe were also higher as investor concerns eased over developments ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have plummeted following disappointing Chinese economic figures and renewed concerns about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The market has started the day more than one per cent lower, which follows heavy falls on US and European ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. The local market has started the day strongly, with both the S&P/ASX200 and the All Ordinaries pushing back above the 5200 point mark for the first time in more ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following strong gains on international markets overnight. The local market is around half a per cent higher at 1030 AEDT, following a more than one per cent rise across Wall Street's major indices. Commsec market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Australian stocks are lower after the US Federal Reserve's decision to further taper its stimulus program added to investor concerns about the decline in emerging markets. Investors have been pulling out of emerging markets in recent weeks as the US ...