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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Westpac was off 16 cents or 0.66 per cent to $24.05. At 1233 AEDT, ANZ Banking Group lost 25 cents to $24.64. Higher commodity prices in offshore markets on Friday were not enough to prevent big moves in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. "They're very big ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... the surge in prices is only temporary and had been caused by the increase in VAT, sterling's past weakness and rising commodity prices. This echoed his next-door neighbour's - the European Central Bank - view that the recent resurgence in headline inflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... started the week on the front foot as positive international developments outweighed weak economic data here. Strong commodity prices, the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and strength in the United States market drove many markets higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... strong gains in stocks such as News Corp, Ms Spencer said, which was up 56 cents, or 3.18 per cent, at $18.17. Higher commodity prices were driving gains in resource stocks, while financials were following the positive lead from overseas, she said. BHP ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... in Egypt sparked concerns the unrest could spread across the Middle East, contributing to volatility in markets and commodity prices worldwide. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 43.97 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 12,273.26. The Standard & Poor's ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... claim that it's the stupid Fed that's responsible as QE money flows into emerging economies and at the same time drive commodity prices higher. And given Big Ben's testimony before the US House Budget Committee last night, the money tap will continue ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... quarter. National Australia Bank delivers its monthly business survey for December. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for January. In equities news, public examinations of the failure of Octaviar, formerly MFS, continue in Sydney. On ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... torn between competing influences," Mr Jones said from Wellington. "On the one hand, we had quite a strong night for commodity prices with oil prices up four per cent, gold prices rising nearly two per cent. "Those commodity price gains certainly provided ...

Market wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... provision announced last year. Shares in the company at 1200 AEDT were down 88 cents, or 19.5 per cent, at $3.64. With commodity prices stronger overnight, miner BHP Billiton had risen 12 cents at $45.17 while rival Rio Tinto had gained almost one per ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... for all for all of 2010. Should be cause for celebration and dancing on the risk trade streets, right? Not. Equity and commodity markets sold off because what is good now will become bad later. Stronger Chinese growth will further raise pressure on inflation ...