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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... miner BHP Billiton dropped 19 cents to $33.06, Rio Tinto added 10 cents to $59.80, and Fortescue Metals was steady at $3.03. Oil producer Woodside Petroleum shed 68 cents to $39.43 after the price of oil took another sharp tumble on Thursday. Santos ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... international capital markets - due to Moscow's Ukraine incursion (reportedly heating up again) and most recently, the drop in crude oil prices (along with reduced crude exports) is giving the Russian economy grief. The ruble's decline should provide ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Tinto added 46 cents to $60.62 while iron ore miner Fortescue Metals was down 7.5 cents at $32.35. Energy stocks were up after oil prices rebounded slightly on signs of stronger-than-expected demand in the United States. Shares in energy company Santos ...

Henderson appoints emerging markets portfolio manager

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... lead manager and was co-lead on US$10 billion. Before joining First State Stewart in 2001, he was a geophysicist within the oil and gas industry. Commenting on the appointment, Graham Kitchen said: "Glen's disciplined investment process has delivered ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as a large fall in commodity prices overnight weighs on the market. Oil prices have plunged, with Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... wonder, wonder if there's anyone on this planet that's wishin' and hopin' and prayin' for higher and forever rising crude oil prices - except, that is, for the producers and the sellers of the slick black stuff... and of course, the climate changers. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after mainly negative performance on Wall Street as oil prices slump. At 0828 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,501. In local economic news ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Westpac gained one cent to $33.75, but ANZ shed two cents to $32.66 and National Australia Bank fell three cents to $33.82. Oil Search lost 11.5 cents, or 1.32 per cent, to $8.605, despite its promise to increase dividend payments to shareholders after ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... dip-buyers were waiting for to cash in the gains they bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil as this morning's Bloomberg's headline "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Energy Shares Decline With Oil" would have you believe. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... quarterly update, Atlas Iron is slated to release a production report, Priceline owner API has a full year results briefing and Oil Search a strategy review briefing. BHP Billiton has its annual general meeting in London. AGL, Suncorp Group, Skilled ...