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Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... $1.895. Energy stocks were down after oil price falls overnight, also a fallout of Europe's economic problems. Woodside Petroleum was 11 cents lower at $33.88, Oil Search retreated half a cent to $7.155 and Santos had given up 5.5 cents to $7.885.

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting that will update the Fed's plan to hike interest rates in the coming months. Petroleum stocks dropped on lower oil prices. Dow members Chevron and ExxonMobil fell by 1.2 per cent and 1.3 per cent respectively ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... June 30. Investors are looking ahead to the May US jobs report and a policy announcement from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Both are scheduled for Friday. LONDON - European stock markets have slumped over a lack of progress in ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... $28.55, Rio Tinto added $1.20 to $57.69, and Fortescue Metals was six cents richer at $2.44. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was 23 cents weaker at $35.88, but Santos put on seven cents at $8.15. Food manufacturer Patties Foods lifted one cent ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... week includes May auto sales, the May jobs report and meetings of the European Central Bank and Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Dow member Microsoft rose 0.8 per cent after announcing it will begin selling its Windows 10 operating ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Tinto had gained 72 cents to $57.62 and Fortescue Metals was two cents higher at $2.14. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum had jumped 66 cents to $35.53 and Santos had put on 16.5 cents to $8.075 as the oil price lifted. The banks were mixed, with ...

Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Tuesday, stocks have finished mixed in a choppy session following disappointing Walmart earnings and a pullback in many petroleum stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 13.51 points, or 0.07%, to 18,312.39 points, striking an all-time high ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Street stocks have finished mixed in a choppy session following disappointing Walmart earnings and a pullback in many petroleum stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 13.51 points (0.07 per cent) at 18,312.39, striking an all-time high for ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... underlying growth after a $1.5 billion currency loss was taken into account. However, companies such as Amcor, Woodside Petroleum, BHP and Transurban raised dividends enough in Australian dollar terms to deliver increases in US dollar terms, as well ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... early in the session on some gains in the oil prices overnight," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said Woodside Petroleum gained 36 cents to $34.87, Santos was up 19 cents to $8.85 and Oil Search was 15.5 cents higher at $7.885. Retail stocks ...