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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. ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... During the weekend it was widely reported that the Prime Minister, concerned about the inflationary aspects of high oil prices on Australia and the world economy, wants this month's G8 Summit in Japan to strong-arm the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... Britain's blue-chip index ended lower during a choppy session as funding concerns pulled banks down, while US crude oil prices at near-record levels helped support heavyweight oil shares. The FTSE 100 index closed down 29.2 points, or 0.49 per cent at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... points to 6941.83 PARIS - The CAC-40 index firmed 8.01 points to 4907.06 TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell as lower oil prices hurt Mitsubishi and other trading houses, while banks slid on looming concerns about global credit markets. The Nikkei fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... bauxite miner Alumina dipped four cents, or 0.73 per cent, at $5.47. Energy stocks also pulled the market lower after oil prices fell strongly overnight. Crude oil for July delivery fell more than $US2.00 to $US122.30 per barrel on the back of a sharp ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... tech-laden Nasdaq was boosted by a strong result from computer maker Dell Inc, helping to offset concerns about rising oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 7.90 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 12,638.32 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained ...