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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Australian shares continued to trade in the black at noon, following a strong lead from the US overnight as oil prices rose to a record high of more than $US97 a barrel and gold hit a 27-year high. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 55.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... higher at 6628, while the All Ordinaries put on 39 points to 6659.1. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher on Tuesday as oil prices moved over $97 a barrel, pushing up shares of Exxon Mobil Corp and other energy producers. Technology shares gained on optimism ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... September quarter, following the 0.1 per cent decline in Q2. Rate hikes past and pending, market turmoil and boiling oil prices, have done little to dampen Australia's rampant consumerism and there is little sign of this easing. Despite election promises ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... market had hit new highs at noon, boosted by the US Federal Reserve interest rate cut overnight and stronger metals and oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index hit a new record intraday high of 6830 in morning trade - eclipsing its previous intraday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... have eased somewhat and by reports showing surprising strength in economic growth and employment. A surge in gold and oil prices lifted shares of miners and energy companies, while the Nasdaq rose to its highest in nearly seven years on the strength ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... uncertainty about the outcome of Wednesday's Federal Reserve interest-rate decision, while a 3 per cent pullback in oil prices hit energy stocks. Stocks have risen recently, in part, on a widely held view the Fed would cut rates on Wednesday by at least ...

Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... world's crude oil reserves, a weak US dollar and supply concerns have already contributed to a 16 per cent rise in oil prices this month alone. Contributing to the recent escalation in prices is fighting in Turkey between armed forces and Kurdish rebels ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... said big moves on Wall Street overnight had boosted the bourse, along with an improvement in the price of oil. "The oil prices dropped again last night, so we've had three nights of falls in the oil price that's come back almost five per cent from last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open softer as US broader markets slipped slightly as record US oil prices at $89.78 a barrel added to investors' concerns about the outlook for consumer and business spending. Base metals in London could were ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... stock market is likely to open in the red for a second day running, following another poor performance on Wall Street, oil prices climbed and base metals were softer. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was down ...