The Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearl and Gem Fair (HJF), organized between 7th & 9th June, 2013 by UBM India ended with a satisfactory success note as expected. As we had mentioned two weeks back here that the prices of the gold in June still ...
After their expectations reached a 24-year low in the previous quarter, businesses are indicating that price rises are on the agenda in the new financial year as they seek to retain profits while compensating for cost pressures and low ...
Tags: Service, Bank, Price Expectations
The Australian dollar is almost half a US cent lower after global investors reacted to yesterday' s interest rate decision. At 7am AEST the currency was trading at 96.50 US cents, down from 96.93 cents at yesterday’s local close. ...
Tags: RBA Statement, Australian Dollar
The Australian dollar was more than one US cent higher following the release of disappointing US manufacturing figures. At 7am AEST the currency was at 97.70 US cents, up from 96.46 US cents at yesterday’s local close. Westpac New ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Factory Data
The sharemarket pared losses after falling to a four-month low today as the market began to speculate on the potential for a surprise interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia. A higher Australian dollar initially weighed on ...
Tags: Stocks, RBA Meeting
The Australian dollar is slightly higher as investors shrugged off weak economic data and sat on the sidelines waiting for bigger events. At 5pm AEST, the local unit was at 96.56 US cents, up from 96.41 cents on Friday, and at its high ...
Tags: Dollar, Investor, Economic Data
Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...
The Australian dollar is slightly lower after the release of weaker than expected US economic data. At 7am AEST, the local unit was trading at US96.63c, down from US96.73c yesterday. Since 5pm AEST yesterday, the Aussie traded between ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, GDP Report
The Aussie is trading in a narrow range as it takes a breather following recent falls. At 12pm AEST, the currency was trading at US96.71c, down slightly from US96.73c yesterday. OzForex chief currency strategist Jim Vrondas said the ...
Tags: Dollar Trading, Currency
Better than expected economic data provided a cushion for the Australian dollar yesterday, with a sharp rebound in home building and still-resilient corporate investment plans easing the need for the central bank to cut rates again. But ...
Tags: Aussie Dollar, RBA
Business cash flow has slowed this year, placing further strain on a range of industries already experiencing low confidence because of weak trading activity and high operating costs. Businesses are waiting nearly eight weeks to be paid ...
Tags: Service
RATTLED investors are on high alert after the stockmarket suffered its worst week in a year and the Australian dollar slid to a 12-month low on fresh concerns about the slowing pace of global economic growth. Capping a wild week for ...
Tags: Sharemarket, Horror Week, Alert
A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...
The sharemarket pulled back yesterday as profit warnings in the mining services and consumer discretionary sectors continued to drag on sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.6 per cent at 5180.1 points after falling to ...
Tags: Stocks, Mining Services Companies, Profit
Retail investors will now be able to buy $10,000 parcels of Australian government bonds on the Australian Securities Exchange, five years after the process began to make it possible. ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper launched the ...
Tags: ASX Bond Market, Business