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Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... numbers in the US. The Australian dollar plunged to below 95 US cents to two-and-a-half year lows, after US stocks fell overnight. Financial stocks were lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 14 cents to $66.11, Westpac had fallen 48 cents to $28.71 and ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... US recession and the 2008 global financial crisis, to name a few. The Australian dollar dropped to a low of US$0.9511 overnight - the lowest since October 2011. Now if we could scare more people out of the Aussie, it should put emerging talks of an Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed performance on international markets overnight. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 4,879. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set to open higher after a rise on Wall Street overnight. Disappointing US economic data pushed Wall Street higher on hopes the US central bank will continue with its economic stimulus program. At 0800 AEST on Friday ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. The ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up, the S&P 500 0.6% higher and the Nasdaq jumped by 0.9% overnight. The financial headlines put this all down to the better than expected leap in consumer confidence to 76.2 in May to its ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... the June share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 4,938. Wall Street and London markets were closed overnight for holidays. In company news on Tuesday, OZ Minerals holds its annual general meeting in Melbourne. Commonwealth Bank chief ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... me? Are...you...kidding...me? The financial press (or is it presses?) are full of it this morning. Wall Street's down overnight because of bad eco stats and surveys and not good expectations on QE. My, my...how many times have we heard it from the Fed. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... investors continue to buy safe-haven assets amid concerns about the US economic recovery. US economic figures, released overnight, show a sharp jump in weekly jobless claims while the number of housing construction starts fell 16.5 per cent in April. ...