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Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Bargain hunters and a rise in the iron ore price have helped lift the Australian share market following four days of heavy losses. The iron ore price rose 1.4 per cent overnight, giving the miners bit of a boost, Australian Stock Report head of research ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,490. Wall Street stocks tumbled almost one per cent due to unease over ...

ASX lower for fourth day

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The share market is in negative territory again, putting it on track for its fourth straight day of losses. The S&P/ASX 200 and All Ordinaries indexes were around a 0.6 per cent lower as of 1013, after initially starting in positive territory. CommSec ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,596. In the US stocks gained helped by a wave of solid US economic data. Locally ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as investors continue to grapple with the Reserve Bank of Australia's position on interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said although commodity prices lifted overnight and boosted the resources ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following gains in commodity prices overnight. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,641. In overnight trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per ...

Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The share market has opened lower ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. The move comes on a relatively neutral lead from overseas markets, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "I think people are more or less content to sit ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,745. Locally on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank holds its monthly board meeting ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The prospect of further interest rate cuts, plus plenty of bargain hunting by savvy investors, is fuelling the strongest session on the share market in more than a month. Despite weak overseas leads, the market is more than one per cent higher, as investors ...