The Australian share market dived to a two-month low today, mirroring declines in offshore markets after disappointing private-sector jobs data cast doubt on expectations of moderate growth in US non-farm payrolls data due tomorrow. ...
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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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Demandware, Inc. the industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, will host its third annual Demandware XChange Conference on April 3-5, 2013 at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. The Conference will be attended by more than ...
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Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
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 AWEX Regional Indicators finished 0.5% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.3%. It was a mixed sale this week with a good start on Tuesday, an easing on ...
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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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The share market weakened slightly before upcoming events including the release of European and US economic data, the weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, and Italian elections the following weekend. ...
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 dollar fell as news that North Korea planned more rocket launches hurt sentiment already weakened by disappointing earnings from Apple and a downgrade to the International Monetary Fund's global growth forecast. At 4.08pm ...
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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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Jan.14, A-share market surged and industrial machinery sector performed impressively. By the press time, the sector rose 4.56% as a whole, and 7 shares including Sanweisi and Chuangyuan Technology rose to the daily limit. Urbanization ...
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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 dollar fell, despite getting a boost from a 2 per cent surge on the Shanghai share market during the local trading day. At 5pm AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 105.56 US cents, down from Friday's local close of ...
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