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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
The Australian share market remained weaker at noon, as sharply lower base metals, gold and oil prices deflated resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.6 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5,680.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... meetings. Primary Health Ltd holds a general meeting. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed higher, with increased oil prices and a big gas deal involving Santos placing much of the focus on the energy sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... points, or 1.1 per cent, to 5,754.5. NEW YORK - US shares struggled higher today as investors shook off volatile crude oil prices and digested a stronger-than-expected report on durable manufactured goods. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... US stocks rose on Tuesday, led by Apple Inc and other technology bellwethers, as investors bet that a sharp drop in oil prices will help shore up consumer and business spending. Shares of consumer-oriented companies, including Home Depot Inc and other ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... will reopen on Tuesday. On Friday, US stocks fell to round out the worst week in three months as worries about high oil prices hammered energy-sensitive sectors and left investors on edge about inflation at the onset of a holiday weekend. The Dow Jones ...

Oil frenzy is storm before the calm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... pushing the oil price to manic levels, the price is still expected to drop back in coming months. "With the surge in oil prices starting to look increasingly like a speculative mania further increases are likely in the short term as more and more speculative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... cent, to 5,866.2. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Friday to round out the worst week in three months as worries about high oil prices hammered energy-sensitive sectors and left investors on edge about inflation at the onset of a holiday weekend. The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... at noon, weighed down by heavy losses on Wall Street overnight and weaker base metals prices, although record crude oil prices buoyed energy stocks. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 57.6 points, or 0.99 per cent, to 5,765.8 while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Poor's 500 Index shed 13.23 points to 1,413.40 and the Nasdaq Composite Index jettisoned 23.83 points to 2,492.26. "Oil prices are going to be the new interest rates," Mr Klusman said. "Stocks around the world are going to be hurt over the next six months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... 0.48 per cent, to 6,035.0. NEW YORK - The S&P 500 index and Dow Jones industrials eked out gains on Monday as record oil prices boosted energy shares, but the Nasdaq slipped after a chipmaker's warning about consumer spending hurt technology shares. ...