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Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... barrel in June 1990 (before Saddam's adventure in Kuwait) to a high of US$41.07 by October of the same year (as Coalition forces prepared to kick Saddam's butt). Gulf War II in 2003 sent oil prices on the hop by 49.37% between November 2002 and March ...

Morning market wrap: Economic fears replace war worries in US

... Friday and confidence that the war with Iraq will not turn into a prolonged conflict will have been buoyed by the coalition forces' progress into Baghdad over the weekend, but worries over the state of the US economy persist. Tech stocks were the first ...

Morning market wrap:Advance on Baghdad sparks advance on Wall St

Shares in the US surged higher as coalition forces appeared to be making significant inroads towards Iraq, following days of intense bombing of Iraqi positions. The news unleashed a wave of enthusiasm among US investors, pushing the Dow Jones index ...

Midday market wrap: News Corp, AMP lead index higher

... as News Corp and AMP. Investors were clearly now interpreting the most recent news from Iraq as positive, with coalition forces apparently making good progress towards the capital. How the battle will progress once they arrive there however, is still ...

Midday market wrap: Global pessimism weighs down Qantas

... the US, especially for international flights, and Australia's dominant carrier is more vulnerable than most if coalition forces do not achieve a relatively speedy victory in Iraq. Commonwealth Bank was in the minority on the All Ordinaries index as it ...

Morning market wrap: Uncertainty the only certainty

... market sentiment and sensitivity to reports coming out of Iraq. The Dow Jones rose 65.55 points to 8280.23 as coalition forces gathered close to Baghdad, although the next 2-5 days are regarded as crucial by military analysts. Crude oil trading was again ...
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