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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The sharemarket jumped to a 21-month high as stronger than expected trade data for China boosted confidence in Australia's biggest trading partner, and as the Reserve Bank said it had scope for further interest rate cuts. Shares were also ...
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The sharemarket fell the most in four weeks yesterday after political uncertainty in Spain and Italy triggered risk aversion in global markets and domestic earnings reports mostly disappointed investors. THE sharemarket fell the most in ...
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The sharemarket broke a 10-day winning streak yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said the country's economy had paused recently. However, the Australian bond market found support after a wave of selling. "Being the last day of the ...
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The Australian sharemarket rose to a 20-month high today as investors continued to buy banks, consumer staples, property trusts, healthcare and energy companies, while remaining hesitant on iron ore producers after spot iron ore prices ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
Australian shares rose slightly yesterday as global equity markets remained supported by tentative signs of improvement in China's economy. Fund managers tipped continued yield-based demand for Australian equities in particular, although ...
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Woodside Petroleum's Browse LNG project could end up being developed in a lower-cost environment after 2014, now that the joint venture partners are aligned for the first time, analysts at the Hong Kong office of Bernstein Research said in ...
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The sharemarket closed higher for a second day yesterday, buoyed by a last-minute budget deal in the US that drove global equities and commodity prices sharply higher on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 0.7 per cent ...
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The sharemarket started the new year with a bang as US politicians agreed on a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff, which had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up ...
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The sharemarket started 2013 with a bang as US lawmakers agreed a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff that had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2 per cent at ...
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The sharemarket ended the year on a sour note, falling for the first time in four days as the continuing US fiscal policy impasse weighed on market sentiment. However, the sell-off was limited by improved manufacturing data from China and ...
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WITH just one trading day left this year, the sharemarket climbed to a 19-month high yesterday as stronger iron ore, copper and oil prices boosted miners, and investors bought shares in anticipation that US politicians can reach a deal to ...