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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... or 0.5 per cent, to 2,715.61. In addition to the earthquake, oil prices fell after a scheduled day of protests in Saudi Arabia only drew a few hundred people, and the capital remained quiet. Oil traders have been worried the violence in the Middle East ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... their wares. They weren't able to get the spike in oil prices they predicted when the "Day of Rage" came and went in Saudi Arabia without incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. Two Japanese oil refineries burnt during the tremor. And according to the Los ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Dateline 11 March 2011. The "Day of Rage." This was supposed to happen in Saudi Arabia, its end game anticipated to determine of what goes after in the MENA region, the price of crude and the outlook for the global economy. Pure coincidence perhaps ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... and a rare trade shortfall in China for February, together with new sovereign downgrades in Europe and turmoil in Saudi Arabia raised investor fears of higher oil prices and slower growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 228.48 (1.87 per cent) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... that the market's not really worried about it, once it looks a little bit deeper into the numbers." In international news, Saudi Arabian opposition groups said they were preparing for a national "day of rage" on Friday, which is expected to see thousands ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... 11 March 2011 -- a surprise that could determine the oil outlook - at least for the near term. A "Day of Rage" in Saudi Arabia had been booked on this day. The international community might be asking, ordering, intimidating Queen Qaddafi to stop hostilities ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... etc. to hose down uprisings. A "Day of Rage" on the 11th and 20th of this month had been twittered and facebooked in Saudi Arabia. What happens there could determine whether oil reaches (and stays) US$140 or US$150 - but certainly not US$300 - in the ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... significantly longer compared to ongoing Libyan production." And of course, that spookiest of all questions, what if Saudi Arabia itself falls or the oil-producing MENA nations all fall down? Agree. There's no doubt, the world will be in a whole heck ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Gaddafi has been shot. "There's also also a lot of speculation that it doesn't matter what happens with the oil because Saudi Arabia is gong to come in and fill the gap." Mixed economic data out of the US overnight also adds to uncertainty, with fewer ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... markets couldn't care less if Libya is vapourised along with its two per cent contribution to daily global oil supply. Saudi Arabia alone has more than enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like ...