Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 65 results for "Lower commodity prices"

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... have a negative impact on Australia's external sector going forward, through both lesser export demand and lower commodity prices. This increases the possibility that the RBA will cut interest rates some more in the coming months. Offshore news overnight ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... US$119.51 a barrel. Major world central banks will have an easy task on their hands if this trend towards lower commodity prices continues as they could then focus on providing the dynamics to lift growth. However, the balance of probabilities remains ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon as lower commodity prices hurt resource stocks and several bellweather US firms reported dissapointing earnings results after Wall St closed. US stocks had initially provided a strong lead after commercial and investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... loss of confidence in key US mortgage finance firms Freddie Mac and Fannie May. But big miners weakened on lower commodity prices, with energy stocks hit by a sharp fall in the oil price. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index edged ahead 2.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... lower at 5,679 on a volume of 11,850 contracts. Macquarie Equities Brisbane adviser Helen Spencer said lower commodity prices were hurting energy and mining stocks. "Generally, industrials are faring not too badly but are certainly being dragged down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... CMC Markets corporate dealer Andrew Knight said local stocks had been dragged down by a weak US lead and lower commodity prices. But he said the falls were limited by a heavy fall in the local market of over three per cent on Friday. "Surprisingly enough ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... 2,613.73. LONDON - UK stocks lifted slightly as beaten-down banks bounced back to offset the impact of lower commodity prices that hit heavyweight oil and mining stocks. The FTSE 100 index added 33 points to 6,337.9. FRANKFURT - The DAX index fell 5.56 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... report interim results. The Australian share market lost ground on Friday in a choppy day's trading on lower commodity prices and a lacklustre lead from US markets still buffeted by concerns over US sub-prime mortgages. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Lower commodity prices drove the Australian sharemarket lower at midday, with the big miners losing ground. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37 points at 6308.1, while the all ordinaries lost 35.2 points to 6311.5. On the Sydney ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... share market is expected to retreat from intraday highs yesterday, with no lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down four points to 5972. On the ...