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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... month," Ms Roadley said. "And all this talk about a new bond buying program in Europe has also lifted the market higher. "The oil price moved higher in US markets which has given our energy sector a real boost." Santos rose 14 cents, or 1.09 per cent ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... fall were blamed - growth (the slowness of it), deflation (the threat of it), ebola (the spread of it), the IMF, ISIS, Putin, oil, earnings, technicals, etc, etc etc. And then they hit... hard -- the central banks' jawbones, that is, whispering mo' money. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... 43 cents higher to $33.83, Rio Tinto has found 60 cents to $59.97 and Fortescue Metals is eight cents better off at $3.52. Oil and gas producer Santos gained 22 cents to $12.94. Telstra added 5.5 cents to $5.435. Shares in Ten Network and Fairfax Media ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... about the global economy and fresh fears over Greece. The figures from Washington calmed nerves slightly, and helped push oil higher, while the US dollar and euro ticked up against the yen in the afternoon. Tokyo reversed a morning advance to end 1.40 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... Billiton added 15 cents to $33.48, Rio Tinto had dropped 2.5 cents to $59.86.5 and Fortescue Metals was one cent weaker at $3.41. Oil and gas producer Santos was 27 cents higher at $12.91 after releasing a quarterly production report. Santos lifted September ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Woodside Petroleum was down three cents at $38.97 after lifting its full year production forecast. Santos was flat at $12.47 and Oil Search lost four cents to $8.42. Iluka Resources lost 28 cents to $7.45 after revealing a seven per cent drop in revenue ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... so itself. But this time, it's a bit different. While the Arab Spring brought uncertainty in the Middle East and raised the oil price back then, oil prices have been dropping despite the current tensions. There was also Japan's earthquake /tsunami/ and ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... those who've just tuned in, Wall Street was going, even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's headline, "U.S. Stock Rebound Fades as Energy Shares Drop With Oil". The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... 2.3 per cent, to $39.90 and Woolworths was 39 cents, or 1.2 per cent, lower at $33.34. Energy stocks were all down despite oil prices recovering slightly. Woodside Petroleum had dropped 33 cents to $38.37, Santos had lost eight cents to $12.51 and Oil ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... place and Abenomics (Japan's economic policy) is not working either," he said. The biggest falls are in resources stocks, with oil prices tumbling overnight amid weak economic data out of Germany. Woodside Petroleum was 76 cents weaker at $39, Santos ...