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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... big miners, BHP Billiton was down 55.5 cents to $34.125. Australia's second biggest listed company part owns Peru's top copper mine where the unionised workforce has started a strike over declining pay. Rio Tinto is down 66 cents at $60.58 while Fortescue ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices for the US market. Copper futures were down one per cent and gold also fell, as investors believe the European Central Bank will take further measures ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... So what's new in world of Wall Street today? In a word... nothing. Not a thing, Virginia. Equities, Treasuries, gold and copper closed basically unchanged overnight. Sure, sure there's still plenty of things to worry about on Wall Street. The latest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... cents to $33.56, and Westpac was seven cents lower at $34.27 but Commonwealth Bank was 19 cents higher at $81.55. Shares in copper miner Altona jumped 29 per cent, to 23 cents after the company announced a 15 cent per share payment to investors stemming ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... treasuries rose. "Generally everything is lower this morning - particularly the stocks that have run up the most in nickel and copper while banks are also trading to the downside," IG market strategist Stan Shamu told AAP. "With those sectors not doing ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... clicking through cyberspace, here's the list of headlines from Bloomberg: S&P 500, Dow Climb to Records on Tech Rally; Copper Gains. Canadian Stocks Rebound From Worst Week Since June. German Stocks Rise to 11-Week High; Sky Deutschland Gains. U.K. Stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... economic data from the US. But CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said that had been offset by gains in oil, copper and iron ore prices. "We are caught in conflicting currents here because although we've seen weak leads from overseas ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... fall in commodity prices and a strong Australian dollar has dragged all sectors of the local share market down. Dips in copper and gold prices have hurt resources stocks and, together with the Aussie dollar's rise to about 92 US cents, have hit local ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... international markets lost ground as investors retreated in the face of concerns about Ukraine, the Chinese economy and falling copper prices. At 0645 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,369. Analysts ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Russia-Ukraine tension, renewed concerns over China growth... and the recent fall in commodity prices - mainly iron ore and copper -- the risk to Japanese growth after the consumption tax is lifted from 5% to 8% next month, and threatening deflation ...