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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... "But the banks are still looking a bit nervous." Ms Chan said a rate cut in the US was not a certainty because rising oil prices were putting pressure on inflation in the world's biggest economy. "But I think they will do what they have to do to get ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... cent, or 447.54 points, at 13,310.37, its lowest since February 13. HONG KONG - Stocks slid amid worries that record oil prices could fan inflation risks, damping hopes for more deep interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and depressing rate-sensitive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... BHP Billiton losing 22 cents to $39.48 and Rio Tinto shedding 36 cents to $136.14. US stocks fell overnight as crude oil prices rose to a record, above $100 a barrel. But the declines in the Dow and the S&P 500 were tempered by energy shares' gains.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... market is expected to open lower according to the March SPI futures index, but New York is trading higher on record oil prices and base metal prices were stronger in London overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... renewed concerns over the health of the US economy, but Sinopec bucked the trend to close higher on expectations of lower oil prices. The Hang Seng Index ended down 223.38 points at 24,808.70. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket fell 0.6 per cent, bolstered ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... challenge of balancing the risks of higher inflation and slower economic activity, although a possible softening of oil prices could moderate inflation pressures." Meanwhile the IMF expects US growth to slow to 1.5 percent this year, down from 2.2 percent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... will be sitting on the sidelines to see what's going to happen." Mr Russell said higher base metal, precious metal and oil prices had helped resources stocks. Mining giant BHP Billiton added $1.36, or 3.81 per cent, to 37.06 and the company it wants ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... today in the Swiss resort of Davo a week ahead of the next Opec meeting in Vienna amid mounting worries that record oil prices are worsening the global economic outlook. Having reached a high of $100.09 a barrel three weeks ago, crude oil prices bounced ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... program, which, combined with the difficult security situation, prevented the envisaged expansion of oil output. "Rising oil prices, however, more than offset the production shortfall, thus helping to preserve fiscal sustainability. High inflation was ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. Speaking at the Women in Housing and Finance and Exchequer Club Joint Luncheon in Washington last ...