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Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... the economy due to the spiraling price of food which is in-turn driven by the drought, the commodities boom, riding oil prices and consequent lack of supply. Reflecting this, the ABS said food retailing jumped above the average at 0.3 per cent. But even ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... week, posting the seventh weekly gain this year. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, tracking strong Asian and US shares, as lower oil prices boosted energy firms such as Sinopec and financial and property plays gained on renewed US optimism. The benchmark Hang ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... to $43.19 and Rio Tinto had made 84 cents to $136.84. US stocks rallied sharply amid a strengthening dollar, falling oil prices and as investors looked forward to an apparent pause in the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting campaign. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... 4.3 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 5652.7. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied sharply amid a strengthening dollar, falling oil prices and as investors looked forward to an apparent pause in the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting campaign. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... setbacks for two drugs weighed down the pharmaceutical sector, offsetting the relief from a retreat in record high crude oil prices. Trading volume was scant as investors turned cautious with the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting under way. Policy makers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... strength in financial stocks, but was weighed down towards the finish by a weaker mining sector despite stronger metal and oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15.4 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 5,602.7, and the broader All Ordinaries gained ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... is so strong, the AUD is up 22 per cent in just three years. At least it's helping us to pay our imported fuel bill. Oil prices at US$117 a barrel are pushing standard petrol prices above $1.50 a litre. If the AUD comes off, as is expected over the next ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower this morning after US stocks sank overnight on rising oil prices and worries about inflation and consumer spending. At 0703 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 17 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
The Australian stock market has opened higher today on the back of record oil prices and a better performance on Wall Street overnight. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 76.7 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 5477.1, while the broader All ...

Oil to drop to US$85 by year-end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... with global growth slowing rapidly and global oil demand forecasts being regularly revised down the ongoing surge in oil prices looks increasingly to be driven more by speculation and investment fund flows than fundamentals and as such looks unsustainable," ...