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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Local shares reversed an intraday rise yesterday as caution about upcoming corporate earnings eclipsed data indicating continued improvement in Australia's two biggest trading partners. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.3 per ...
The 15th annual Charity Golf Funday will be held at Macquarie Links International Golf Club on Friday, 22 March. Organised by the Australian Office Products Charitable Fund, this year's event will be in aid of Juvenile Arthritis ...
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The sharemarket rose after a report showed falling interest rates were lifting parts of the nation's housing market, while manufacturing data from China indicated that an economic recovery remained on track. BHP Billiton, the world's ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed half a percentage point higher as investors chased higher-yielding financial stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 25.0 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 4835.2, while the ...
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The sharemarket closed little changed yesterday, despite news from Japan that Australia's second-biggest trading partner was taking steps to spur growth in its long-stalled economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.6 points, or ...
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Macquarie Private Wealth's well-regarded resources team argue in their 2013 global market outlook that the debate over about whether commodities are headed for a hard landing as China's growth slows is meaningless. Because the boom is ...
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Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
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The Australian sharemarket had its strongest day in almost two weeks yesterday, outstripping minor gains on Wall Street as strength in healthcare stocks, banks, telecommunications and consumer discretionary companies offset a drop among ...
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UK-based IGas Energy has successfully completed a share placing announced earlier Tuesday. A total of 24,330,730 new ordinary shares were sold at the placing price of GBP0.95 ($1.52) with new and existing institutional investors, it said in ...
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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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The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
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Cement prices in India have dropped around 6% since June this year. The dip in cement prices can be attributed to a slowdown in construction and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order that penalized 11 cement companies, accusing ...
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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 ...
CITI has ended rival UBS's 11-year streak at the top of the stockbroking heap, as brokers warn that an imminent uptick in market activity is unlikely after the worst year since 2005. "I would say next year will be similar to this year in ...
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