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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... losses, capped off with a 1.4 per cent plunge last Friday. Energy stocks took a beating as the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude plunged $1.99 in New York trading, with oil-services firm Schlumberger dropping 1.2 per cent and Halliburton falling ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
The Australian share market opened slightly lower, dragged down by European debt concerns but balanced by a surge in oil and energy stocks. At 1013 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.8 points lower at 4,628, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... that of Intel also boosting its dividend. No siree! That wouldn't fit in the story. The oil slide that took US equities down. WTI oil dropped below US$100 per barrel and Brent crude below US$114. The reason? The US Energy Information Administration reported ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... production capacity would bring Brent oil down to US$105 a barrel. Brent oil -- as different from West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude - reached a closing high of US$125.89 a barrel. So where now for equity markets? Yes, exactamondo! Easing oil (and commodity) ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... analysts predicted just a week ago? Ah... but here's the rub, there are two benchmarks for oil prices - West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent Crude (BREN). WTI has not even closed at US$100 - ending last Friday's trade at US$95.98 a barrel, down from ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is keeping the ban on covered short selling of financial securities until the end of May. According to ASIC, the regulator weighed up the continued volatility in global financial markets and ...

Morning market wrap: Uncertainty the only certainty

... to Baghdad, although the next 2-5 days are regarded as crucial by military analysts. Crude oil trading was again choppy, as WTI prices settled $0.69 lower at $27.07 per barrel despite gains earlier in the day. Domestic observers will be keen to note ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones edges higher

... outcome of the war becomes clear, many investors are likely to wait on the sidelines. Oil prices continued to fall sharply, with WTI dropping $1.27 to $28.61 per barrel. Traders of that commodity, well used to dealing with tensions in the Middle East ...

Morning market wrap: Equities up, oil in retreat

... in tech stocks remained shaky. The Dow Jones rose 71.22 points to finish at 8265.45 as money flooded out of the oil market. WTI crude finished at $29.88 per barrel on the NYMEX, down $1.79 during the day and by over $10 per barrel since the intra-day ...

Morning market wrap: Wall Street regains lost ground

... with Iraq and higher oil prices, sent shares tumbling lower. The run-up in oil prices seemed to have temporarily abated, with WTI settling at $37.20 per barrel after testing the psychologically important $40.00/bbl mark on Thursday. The FTSE-100 was ...
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