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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian stock market is slightly lower, following a mixed lead from overseas.

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Drat, drat, Draghi and double drat! After making us all salivate at the prospect of another trillion euros - give or take - in fresh mints, you leave us wonder, wonder, wondering how much less than a trillion euros your printing presses are printing.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after an almost flat end to trading in on Wall Street and a fall in metals prices.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is lower, following a share sell-off on Wall Street overnight.

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Because markets know that central bankers know that it won't end well if they let the markets drop and markets know that it's futile fighting central bankers.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to again open lower after Wall Street lost more than one per cent following mixed US economic data.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities.

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular crashes.

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is flat in sporadic trading that was expected on the final day of the September quarter.