The sharemarket rebounded yesterday after two days of losses, as the dollar tumbled again and government bond yields also fell. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.3 per cent at 5180.8 after hitting an intraday high of 5194.9. However, ...
Tags: Stocks, Dollar, Bond Yields
Consol Energy's 3.2 million st/year Blacksville No. 2 steam coal mine may not resume production for "at least" another 30 days so safety workers can monitor new seals installed to smother a possible underground fire, West Virginia's top ...
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How do you see what you can’t see? With thermal imaging, you view the radiation or infrared wavelengths emitted by objects. Infrared wavelengths — too long for the human eye to detect — are part of the electromagnetic ...
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In keeping with the austerity push that has been a hallmark of the broking sector since the global financial crisis erupted, Wilson HTM's staff last month vacated their digs - and harbour views - at Sydney's Governor Phillip Tower. In ...
Tags: Listed Brokers, Market Rebound
High-profile stockbroker Charlie Aitken has weighed into the debate around the Australian dollar, saying that a wave of hedge funds could be set to short the currency and the biggest winners would be industrial stocks, not resources. As ...
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The stockmarket was awash with fresh optimism that the dollar may finally be on a sustained decline as it plays catch-up to the fall in interest rates and commodity prices, reversing a major earnings headwind several sectors have faced for ...
Local shares rose slightly in mixed trading yesterday as a lower Australian dollar led investors to sell banks and other high-yield plays in order to buy shares of companies that stand to benefit from a sustained fall in the exchange rate. ...
The sharemarket surged to its highest closing level in almost five years yesterday, with the materials sector leading relatively broad-based gains after China reported stronger than expected trade data, Wall Street hit record highs and spot ...
Tags: Stocks, China Data
The sharemarket closed lower but recovered some ground after the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate to a record low. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5143.7 points. The broader ...
Tags: Banks, Record Rate Cut
The sharemarket has opened more than1 per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. At 10.30am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.5 points, or 1.06 ...
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According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in March this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 22.4 million metric tons, falling by 25.7 percent ...
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The Australian market opened higher, led by gains for the four major banks ahead of their first-half numbers. At 10.20am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.2 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 5120.7 points. The broader All ...
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The Commission on Finance of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved last week mining law reforms and Fiscal Coordination to establish that mining companies pay an annual fee of 5 percent on net taxable income for all operating ...
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Chinese coal miners plan to lobby concerned authorities to release tariff policies to restrict coal import of the nation. People in the know said in an interview on April 17 that coal miners in the market planned to lobby concerned ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
There's a new movement to create a mechanism to certify and track coloured gemstones from their countries of origin. It began with a meeting a couple weeks ago in Hong Kong led by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice ...