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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following sharp falls in the US on Friday amid rising oil prices and warnings of more mortgage-related write-downs at banks. At 0716 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

Loomis Sayles taps luxury goods and alt energy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... sector over the last year following growing governmental support for environmentally friendly energy sources and rising oil prices. The fund is invested in the world's largest solar panel provider, First Solar and Spanish based wind power company Gamesa ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... place a considerable fiscal drag on many nations and drives up consumption so much it is now a major factor in world oil prices even though Asia accounts for only 20 per cent of world demand. For example, according to reports, Indonesia spent one-fifth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... Shares strengthened on a strong rally in Shanghai stocks and a jump in Asia's top refiner, Sinopec Corp, on a drop in oil prices. The Hang Seng Index added 267.81 points to 23,325.80 WELLINGTON - The NZSX-50 index fell 12.9 points to 3391.62.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... Nikkei added 380.64 points to 14,354.37 HONG KONG - Shares rose two per cent, boosted by Sinopec Corp after US crude oil prices fell for the second consecutive day. The Hang Seng Index gained 437.39 points to 23,029.69 WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... 72 cents, or 1.67 per cent, to $43.76, while its takeover target Rio Tinto rose $1.62, or 1.2 per cent, to $136.12. Oil prices fell on a report that Saudi Arabia may increase production to prevent the price of crude surging higher than record peaks near ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... 2,454.50. LONDON - UK stocks ended higher for the second straight day, as muted US consumer price data and weaker crude oil prices helped ease worries over inflation. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,802.8 points, up 12.3 or 0.21 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... `Economic Conditions'. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed sharply lower as economic uncertainty and high oil prices pulled most stocks back. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 138.1 points, or 2.53 per cent, to 5329.2, while the broader All ...

Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
It happens to house prices, shares prices, currency markets, in wage negotiations and now it's happening to oil prices. The speculators have moved in and pushed prices way above where they should be. Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... Australian share market is expected to open lower after a poor performance on Wall Street overnight as a renewed spike in oil prices worried investors. At 0756 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 90 points at 5,370. ...