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

Search Results

Showing 701 - 710 of 1070 results for "oil prices"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... index closed at 5,592.53 points, up 72.51 or 1.31 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.88 per cent as higher oil prices pushed up energy stocks and trading firms, while TDK Corp gained on its plan to buy Thai-based Magnecomp Precision Technology. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... and the S&P 500 rose more than two per cent overnight, buoyed by the energy sector which benefited from a surge in oil prices. At 0734 AEST, the September Share Price Index on the Sydney futures exchange was up 96 points to 6,198 on 2,801 contracts. ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... bounce of its own today following a rally in US transport stocks. There were sighs of relief all around and a dip in oil prices as Hurricane Dean missed the Mexican Gulf Oil installations. Just before Wall Street opened on Friday the US Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... by reassuring investors that problems in mortgage lending and corporate finance would not drag the broader economy. Oil prices rose in a stabilising move after Monday's slide of 4.5 per cent and lifted energy shares in Tuesday's session. Financial shares ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... three years. However some emerging economies face rising inflation pressures especially from energy and food prices. Oil prices have climbed back towards record highs due to limited spare production capacity. Likewise supply shortages and increased use ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks climbed out of the previous day's slump in a volatile day of trade. A three per cent rise in oil prices helped to bolster energy shares and there were upbeat results from companies like Boeing Co, which made up for merger ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... points to 6383. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday after jobs data pointed to a strong labour market and a rising oil prices helped energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 45.84 points to 13,611.68 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... 27.98 points to 6,026.95. TOKYO - The Nikkei average crept up 0.04 per cent to end at a six session high, with soaring oil prices sending some stocks higher. The Nikkei rose 7.94 points at close to 18,146.30. HONG KONG - The Hong Kong markets were closed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... rose on Wednesday as investors grabbed beaten-down shares after a three-day slide, and a nearly two per cent jump in oil prices boosted demand for energy companies. Major indices had fallen earlier in the day after weaker-than-expected durable goods ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... on Wednesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after a three-day slide, and a nearly two per cent jump in oil prices boosted demand for energy companies. Major indices had fallen earlier in the day after weaker-than-expected durable goods data. ...