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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... pushing up." Mr Weston said investors appeared comfortable with how the Federal Reserve was handling interest rates, and US markets looked likely to continue heading to new all-time highs. At 1025 AEST in the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... manufacturing figures. But those gains evaporated on Wednesday after weaker than expected European manufacturing data dragged US markets lower overnight and another fall in the iron ore price, Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. "The market ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... People's Bank of China is providing $US81.4 billion ($A88.1 billion) in liquidity to China's five largest banks. The US markets' rally and the prospect of further Chinese stimulus have helped boost Australia's equities, CommSec market analyst Steven ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... market has opened flat but mining stocks have recovered some losses after a rise in iron ore prices. Mixed leads from US markets overnight provided little impetus for the local share market in early trade on Tuesday, Lonsec senior client adviser Michael ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... a positive lead from Friday's session on Wall Street, and were focused on upcoming events closer to home. "Gains by US markets on Friday have failed to lift local sentiment with investors remaining cagey ahead of trade figures from China," he said. The ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Spooner said the local bourse had made a positive start. "It's quite a positive start given a pretty modest lead from US markets and given also concerns about what's going on in Ukraine," Mr Spooner said. "We appear to have put that behind us a bit." ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra. Despite lucklustre retail sales data all the major US markets gained overnight with the Dow Jones rising 0.55 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 jumped 0.67 per cent and the tech-rich ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... following a positive US lead on Friday. Another day of losses on Monday would be the longest run of outs in four years. US markets made one per cent-plus gains on Friday. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said while the start on the ASX was healthy ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street regained some of the ground US markets lost last week. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,487. Locally, in economic news on ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets fell on disappointing company earnings reports. The weak lead from the US had set a soft tone for Monday morning, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. The US Dow Jones Industrial ...