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Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... 5%-plus pace of growth for most of the 2003-2008 periods, is now weaker and more cyclical." Aluminum, nickel, zinc, natural gas, oil, iron ore, hard coking coal and thermal coal are well off their highs while soft commodities like cotton and wheat have ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... per cent and the NASDAQ ended down 0.3 per cent. Also, futures contract prices for key commodities such as gold, silver and oil settled lower in US trading. Mr Heffernan said some investors may have chosen to take profits following the strong performance ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... the Supreme Court, Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford will deliver a speech at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce while Oil Search managing director Peter Botten speaks at a Sydney American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch. DuluxGroup is expected ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook report where it predicts that America would become the world's top oil producer by 2017 - surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia - and become energy self-sufficient by 2030. If IEA's prediction comes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... market looks set to open lower following Wall Street and Europe's lead as investors digested a blockbuster deal leaving British oil group BP with nearly a fifth of the Russian giant Rosneft, and took stock of a souring outlook from the heavy equipment ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... aluminium consumption. "Certainly, the resources are softer on the back of weak commodity prices, precious metals prices, oil prices," Mr Russell said. China is one of Australia's major trading partners. Mr Russell said developments on overseas markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... particularly China, which was closed for holidays for the whole of last week." Commodities prices were mostly down, including oil and gold. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto was 18 cents weaker at $54.72, BHP Billiton shed three cents to $33.29 but Fortescue ...

Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... rapidly developing cosmopolitan economy creates opportunities for investors. "It's become a real place for commodities such as oil and soft commodities," said Michael Roberge, MFS president and chief investment officer currently in Australia to expand ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Industrial Average up 0.09 per cent, while the S&P500 gained 0.36 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 0.49 per cent. In other news, oil and gas explorer Drillsearch Energy has made a $118 million takeover offer for fellow explorer Acer Energy. Shares in both ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... telling us that it's getting bad out there. AFR: Stocks fall on clouded corporate profit outlook Bloomberg: Stocks Drop With Oil as Dollar Rebounds on Growth Concern Bloomberg: U.S. Stocks Fall Amid Concern Over Stimulus Efforts Reuters: U.S. shares ...