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Market close

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has closed flat as investors shrugged off two days of falls in the price of iron ore.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine.

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Mining companies have dragged the sharemarket lower after weak Chinese trade data lead to a fall in commodity prices.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine.

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The take-away here is that China's slowly (but surely) carrying out its plan to liberalise its financial markets and capital account and further open up the Chinese economy to free market dynamics.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished mixed as a better-than-expected US jobs report helped offset anxiety over Ukraine that sent European equities lower.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mainly positive lead from Wall Street as investors weighed improved unemployment claims data ahead of a key monthly jobs report.