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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... International Monetary Fund could be expected to commit itself further to helping resolve the eurozone debt crisis. Higher oil prices also hurt sentiment but the markets managed to come off their lows in the afternoon as Wall Street picked up after a ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... debt crisis - though calmed by the recent Greek handout - remains with us and could yet resurface anytime. And then there is oil's resurgence. At the close of last week's trading, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil was fetching US$107.83 per barrel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Energy, SFG Australia and Mesoblast Ltd are due to post first half results, while Spark Infrastructure, Caltex Australia, Roc Oil and Intrepid Mines Ltd are among the companies scheduled to post full year results. In Australia, the market ended last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... its February board meeting. In equities news, Flight Centre, Sonic Healthcare and Mirvac Group post half-year results, while Oil Search and Melbourne IT release full-year results and Downer EDI and Emeco Holdings are among the companies announcing interim ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... were more than one per cent higher at noon, with the energy and resources sector leading the broader market higher. A firmer oil price during weekend offshore trading, as well as news China had lowered its reserve banking requirements for its banks helped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... price index futures contract was up five points at 4255. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Roc Oil, Linc Energy, Regis Resources, Perseus Mining, Gryphon Minerals, Platinum Australia, Mineral Resources and Sundance Resources ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... 23 cents to $23.95. Resources and industrial shares also gained on the back of rising metals prices, although a fall in the oil price overnight capped gains in the energy sector. Rio Tinto gained 37 cents to $68.72 after the miner said it now holds a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... push higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the European Union (EU) had placed an embargo on Iranian exports, sending oil prices close to the $US100 a barrel mark. Financials rose on confidence that talks to restructure Greece's debt were progressing ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... everybody's bum. (Hey, that's a good rhyme). However, markets always recover. Shall I name the ways? 1930s Depression, 1970's Oil Embargo, early 1990's recession and US Savings & Loan Crisis, late 1990's Asian Financial Crisis/LTCM bankruptcy/Russian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... news, Newcrest Mining and Aquarius Platinum give second quarter reports, GUD Holdings posts its first half results, while Oil Search and Panaust release fourth quarter results. In Australia, the market on Monday closed weaker as investors awaited an ...