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Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015

... Omnicare for $US12.7 billion lifted the S&P 500 above the record it reached on Monday. For the local market on Friday, copper and gold miner PanAust holds its annual general meeting in Brisbane. Shares rose on Thursday as bargain hunters piled into most ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015

... and white. And it gets better, better, better. Commodity prices are picking up - iron ore's up 1.2%, oil's up 0.9% and copper's up 0.2%. This, because the PBOC did it again. The Chinese central bank announced a 25 bps reduction in its benchmark one-year ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015

... $89.28, and National Australia Bank added 30 cents, or 0.83%, to $36.59. The major miners were mixed with gains in iron ore, copper, oil and gas prices overnight and falls in precious metals, including gold. Diversified miner BHP Billiton was down 51 ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015

... added 49 cents to $29.61, Rio Tinto gained $1.11 to $56.07, and Fortescue Metals firmed 3.75 cents to $1.8725. Gold and copper miner PanAust was steady at $1.74 after it rejected a state-owned Chinese company's $1.1 billion takeover bid. The energy sector ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015

... Spooner said resource stocks opened fairly flat. "We had a little bit of softness in the metals prices last night," he said. "Copper in particular was another disappointing set of data from China." Amongst the big miners, BHP was up five cents to $32.60 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP | FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015

... up $2.53, or 4.2 per cent, at $62.43. "We've also seen strong rallies in industrial commodities - in particular oil and copper making very significant jumps," Mr McCarthy said. BHP Billiton had added $1.01, or 3.3 per cent, to $62.43 and Fortescue Metals ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015

The Australian share market is trading lower as weaker prices for oil and copper weigh on the resources sector. "The resources sector is certainly dragging things down," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The banks are doing ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015

... financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the main worries just the day before the SNB decided to abandon the CHF1.20/euro peg and lowered its already negative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015

... prices overnight. At 0650 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,260. Copper and oil futures closed lower, weighed down by increases in inventories. US markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther ...

Market wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015

... Steven Daghlian said the ASX had followed the US lead, while a slide in commodity prices had weighed on resources stocks. Copper prices overnight slumped more than 5% to their lowest level since 2009. Daghlian said the market was on track for its weakest ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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