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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon, weighed down by the resources sector on the back of lower commodity prices in London on Friday night. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.4 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,056.8 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... volume of 8,474 contracts. "The market is down as expect after an ordinary lead from the US on Friday and lower commodity prices," CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said. "But I don't expect the market to be lower than this with the market getting a little ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the market was following on from a volatile day of trade on Wall Street. Lower commodity prices were driving resources stocks, he said. "Gold was up a bit stronger but the rest of the commodities were fairly flat last ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... "Commodities are now seeing the brunt of the economic slowdown," Ms Spencer said. "We now have the combination of lower commodity prices and debt refinancing for a lot of resource companies, including Rio Tinto. "Any level of short term refinancing causes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was slightly higher at noon, slipping back from early gains due to lower commodity prices and more bad economic news. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.2 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 3,555, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Australian share market closed in the red for a second consecutive day after losses on global markets and lower commodity prices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.6 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 3,927.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... global credit crisis would drag the world into recession. Resources stocks were hit hard on the back of lower commodity prices and an expectation that demand for commodities would fall further. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 286.6 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... failed a WWF scorecard on carbon reduction performance. Ben Polkinghorne from Patersons Securities said lower commodity prices had affected the resources sector. "Commodities stocks have been hit hard recently, particularly the less diversified miners," ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... have a negative impact on Australia's external sector going forward, through both lesser export demand and lower commodity prices. This increases the possibility that the RBA will cut interest rates some more in the coming months. Offshore news overnight ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... US$119.51 a barrel. Major world central banks will have an easy task on their hands if this trend towards lower commodity prices continues as they could then focus on providing the dynamics to lift growth. However, the balance of probabilities remains ...