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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... falling 0.94 per cent and the S&P500 off 1.43 per cent. Moreover, futures contract prices for key commodities such as oil, copper and gold all finished lower in New York trading. Making news, Wesfarmers said total sales at Coles supermarkets rose 6.4 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... on Friday. The price of gold reached its lowest level since 2011 on Friday night (AEST), while contract prices for oil, copper and other metals also took a tumble. The release of a better than expected 2.0 per cent jump in the number of home loans approved ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... shipments but far more than the 5% the United States buys from us. Plus, most of Japan's import needs -- oil, coal, iron ore, copper, aluminium and wood - are among Australia's major exports. How good is that? It's in Australia's economic interest to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... because of its size but because of the size of its debt." He said the materials sector had a weak opening due to lower copper and aluminium prices on Monday in China and London. BHP Billiton opened five cents higher at $38.72, but Rio Tinto fell 59 cents ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... industrial metals prices overnight. Nickel dropped the most in four months and aluminium declined the biggest in three weeks and copper's back down the price it was fetching 15 trading days ago. On the other hand, precious metals - gold, silver and platinum ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... quarter report later in the day. Posting a drop in production in the final three months of 2012, OZ Minerals said it expected copper production to fall in 2013 and gold could follow. Oz Minerals shares were 38 cents, or 5.2 per cent, lower at $6.93. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... market down, with the 4700 level to be tested later on," he said. "Commodities were down heavily in London overnight with copper and aluminium falling after four days of gains." US stocks were mixed ahead of a heavy week of earnings releases. The Dow ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... backpedalled 0.63 per cent and the NASDAQ tumbled 0.72 per cent and futures contract prices for commodities such as gold, oil and copper settled weaker. Making news, Caltex Australia flagged a return to profitability in calendar 2012 on a replacement ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... cent, while the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.89 per cent. Futures contract prices for key commodities such as oil, gold and copper also settled firmer in US trade. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,775.30 per fine ounce, up $US1.29 from Friday's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... up $US40.91 from Friday's local close of $US1,693.89 per ounce. Also, contract prices of key commodities such as gold, copper and oil also rose in US trading. Locally, Rio Tinto rose 4.04 per cent - the most among all stocks on the S&P/ASX20 - or $2.12 ...