THE Australian share market closed slightly higher due to strength among financial stocks. The gains came as the Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate at three per cent, equal to its lowest level on record. CommSec market analyst ...
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The Australian sharemarket retreated from a four-and-a-half year high before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion of automatic spending cuts, the so-called sequester, due to start taking effect today ...
Australian stocks were lower early today after below-view Chinese manufacturing data, while Japanese shares took pause at the end of a violent week of trading. Chinese manufacturing data was the main data point today, with the official ...
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The Australian sharemarket rose to a fresh four-and-a-half year high today as positive domestic earnings reports and further signs of improvement in the global economy encouraged investors to continue moving money from cash and bonds to ...
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Weakness among the big miners was offset by gains in finance companies and defensive sectors. Despite the flat trade, Australian stocks have posted their fifth consecutive weekly gain. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down three ...
The Australian share market was flat in quiet trading before a US holiday and the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of the Bank of Japan. US markets were due to be closed for Martin Luther King Day. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 ...
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The Australian share market rose early today after dovish comments from Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke prompted short covering in some recent laggards. In a speech at the University of Michigan, the Fed chairman said there was "quite a ...
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THE Australian share market opened marginally higher with gains in the financial sector offsetting falls by mining companies. At 10.15am AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4585.5, while the broader ...
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