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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... points, down 9.15 or 0.18 percent, but rising 150.17 on the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent as cheaper oil prices helped push up shares of rubber product manufacturers, while Japan Airlines gained on planned fuel surcharges. The Nikkei ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... cents to $45.41 and ANZ gained three cents to $27.18. US stocks closed slightly higher overnight as a sharp drop in oil prices countered a plummet in Merck & Co following negative legal news surrounding the drugmaker's Vioxx product. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... ordinaries gained 88.3 points at 5,017.2. NEW YORK - US stocks closed slightly higher overnight as a sharp decline in oil prices offset a plummet in Merck & Co following negative legal news surrounding the drugmaker's Vioxx product. Stocks have risen ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... by ExxonMobil Corp and local explorer Oil Search. This is not good news for Australians who have faced a tripling of oil prices since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The latest figures from the Department of Education, Science and Training showed a 9.7 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... nearly three per cent, to $75.09, while rival BHP also moved up 70 cents to $27.88. In the US overnight, stocks rose as oil prices dropped and investors interpreted a tame increase in core consumer prices to mean the US central bank would not raise interest ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... points, up 68.09, or 1.35 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell 0.26 per cent as energy stocks dropped on lower oil prices, but Credit Saison and other consumer loan firms rose on a news report of a possible rate cap exemption. The Nikkei was down ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... Howard has announced a range of measures aimed at easing the impact of the fuel crisis bought about by rising crude oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the increasing demands by the industrial expansion in China and India. First, there will be ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... to finish at 4938.6. NEW YORK - US stocks closed slightly higher in a whipsaw session on Monday as a drop in crude oil prices and a UN-brokered cease-fire in the Middle East eased investors' concerns about riskier assets Technology stocks, which suffered ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... Australian share market ended lower on Friday as news of a foiled terrorist plot in the United Kingdom dented world oil prices and dragged down energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell four points to 4,949.20, while the all ordinaries declined ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... ordinaries was down 59.4 points at 4929.7. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on as concerns about slow economic growth and rising oil prices offset a rally in technology shares. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 97.41 points to 11,067.18. The Standard ...