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Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Asia, Europe and American equities posted strong advances, punctuated by the 1.3 per cent gain in the S&P 500 index. Crude oil prices increased the most in four weeks. Prices of precious and industrial metals rebounded. All because financial markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... (AEST), after falling sharply during Friday night's (AEST) session. Meanwhile, futures contract prices for commodities such as oil, gold, silver and copper settled weaker on Monday night. The major mining stocks were lower. BHP was down 60 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... 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 2.4 per cent. A flurry of merger activity provoked ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... roughly 70 per cent of the economy), there wouldn't be sufficient growth. One thing's for sure American's are importing less oil - you would too with soaring pump prices. Crude oil imports fell by U$2.42 billion - or an average of only 8.4 mpb in April ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... cents at $42.94, while Rio Tinto was up 29 cents at $79.89. Commodity prices mostly struggled overnight, with the exception of oil, "which gained strongly after OPEC couldn't come to an agreement on increasing supply," Mr Saffer said. "We've seen the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... market again has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St and European markets ending lower while oil bounced higher. Precious metals fell, and base metals were mixed. At 0719 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... in the energy sector on Wednesday, with Woodside down (around) two per cent," he said, adding that this was despite steady oil prices overnight. Shares in Woodside dropped $1.17 or 2.6 per cent to $43.88, while Santos fell 32 cents, or 2.28 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... economic recovery and ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Dealers also kept a close watch on the oil market as speculation mounted that OPEC could increase crude output at a meeting on Wednesday in a bid to tame high energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St closing lower, along with oil, while precious metals rose. At 0700 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 31 points lower at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... 0.28 per cent, to $79.54. Copper, nickel, and zinc prices fell on the London Metals Exchange on Friday, Mr Chatterton said. Oil major Woodside Petroleum was a rare bright spot, up 13 cents to $45.83. But rival Santos Ltd fell by 10 cents to $14.01, while ...