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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... summit," he said. "Most sectors are performing strongly today led mostly by the resources, energy and materials sectors." US oil prices rocketed more than $US7.00 a barrel on Friday as buyers seized on the eurozone leaders' agreement on key crisis measures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... underlying full year profit. Metcash shares were placed in a trading halt due to the capital raising and last traded at $3.74. Oil refiner Caltex Australia said it expected first half profit for calendar 2012 to rise by up to 81 per cent due to higher ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... declined by 2.2% and the Nasdaq lost 2.4%. It was a similar story for commodities: Gold dropped by 2%, silver 3.6%, copper 2.2%, oil 2.1%. (As an aside, the Fed would still be unmoved by the magnitude of last night's drop). In the absence of economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... with Microsoft's 2.6 per cent loss helping pull the Nasdaq 2.4 per cent lower. Growth-related plays like mining stocks and oil took the biggest falls, with Alcoa sinking 4.3 per cent, Occidental Petroleum 6.1 per cent and Chevron 3.5 per cent. At the ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... repatriation, as more sanctions are lifted more opportunities for foreign money appear, the country holding vast reserves of both oil and gemstones is attracting investor interest together as are infrastructure and development opportunities. Private ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... August last year. While Russia's growth accelerated to 4.9% in the first quarter from 4.6% in the previous period, falling oil - the country's largest export - prices have prompted the government to predict an expansion of not more than 4.0% in 2012. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Billiton had fallen 37 cents, or 1.16 per cent, to $31.55, while Rio Tinto had lost 58 cents, or 1.06 per cent, to $54.02. Oil Search Ltd led the energy majors lower, slipping 12.5 cents, or 1.85 per cent, to $6.645. Rival Santos dropped 21 cents, or ...

Ten new ETPs get ASX listing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... been issued by ETF Securities since 2006. Five of the new ETCs provide exposure to individual commodities such as Brent crude oil. For investors seeking broader exposure to this asset class, ETF Securities said four ETCs aim to replicate the performance ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... below 1% in most cases. "The correlation between agriculture performance and the underlying companies is around 0.4%, for oil and gas, it's about 0.65%," Gunzberg said. "The reason for that low correlation is there's a lot of decisions management will ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... US$1.25. The Australian dollar rose by 1.8% is heading back towards parity with the greenback. Commodity prices rose by 1.3% with oil up 1.0%. Whispering hope. It had always been there, the promise (threat to you bears wearing shorts) of when the going ...