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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... gained 43.39 (0.97 per cent) to 4,508.31. The Dow had led a sell-off on Friday amid worries of a looming clash between Russian and Ukraine forces. But tensions fell back after the two sides held talks on the weekend, and investors pushed back into the ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... trade "due to easing geo-political tensions" to a reading of 13.15 (despite end-of-week reports that Ukraine fired on a Russian "humanitarian" convoy that crossed its borders). The index's current reading remains consistent with those prints back in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... NEW YORK - US shares have rebounded late to end mixed after an early bout of selling on news that Ukraine had shelled Russian armoured vehicles after they entered its territory. Worries that the Friday incident would lead to a direct clash between the ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... easing. The end to hostilities had been always Putin's call. Last night, he made that call: RIA Novosti reports Vlad telling Russian political party leaders that, "We are closely following what is happening, are posing questions to the Ukrainian leadership ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops to Ukraine.... and European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso who, according to the EC's statement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... government" and begin to ease the sectarian divisions that have fuelled the crisis. Concerns persisted over a possible Russian military incursion in Ukraine as Russia said it would send a humanitarian convoy to the east of the country, despite strong ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... ITAR-TASS News Agency printed that, "President Vladimir Putin has assembled an urgent meeting with permanent members of Russian Security Council on Friday, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said". "The situation in east Ukraine was discussed in detail ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... 20.08 to 4,334.97. Morgans Brisbane private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the geopolitical implications of Russian food import sanctions and potential US military intervention in the Middle East was weighing on the local exchange. "Across ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... sighing. Sanction me, sanction you. Equity markets fell on heightened geo-political risk concerns following news that Russian President Vladimir Putin's imposition counter-sanctions against the US/EU sanctions by banning importation of food products ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Ordinaries index was down 7.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 5,504 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have edged higher despite new Russian sanctions against the West and amid disappointing news that major potential media and telecom mergers fizzled. The Dow ...