Europe's broad FTSE Eurofirst 300 index finance/markets/index?symbol=gb%21FTPP">.FTEU3, which hit its lowest level of the year on Wednesday, opened up 0.2 percent while London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, Paris's CAC-40 .FCHI and Frankfurt's DAX ...
AUSTRALIAN shares rose to a two-week high yesterday as China's strong March import data helped US shares to record highs, and after minutes of a Federal Reserve meeting did little to change the belief that it is committed to supporting the ...
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THE dollar is back above $US1.04, thanks to weakness in the greenback and softer Chinese inflation figures. At 5pm AEST, the Aussie was at $US1.0424, up from $US1.0379 yesterday. Rochford Capital senior consultant Richard Breen said ...
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THE Australian dollar pushed higher during Asia trade today, helped by a weaker greenback and after the Reserve Bank of Australia said interest rate cuts are starting to flow through the economy, buoying market expectations that the bank's ...
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US stocks started the second quarter down, pressured by disappointing manufacturing data, after the Dow industrials and S&P500 capped off the first quarter with records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 5.69 points, or less than ...
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THE Australian dollar retreated from two-month highs in Asia today largely in line with broad support of the US dollar. Traders said speculation of further monetary policy easing in Japan dominated trading in Asia, weakening the yen and ...
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Reserve Bank of India while announcing the Mid – Quarter Monetary Policy: March 2013, reduced the Repo Rate from 7.75% to 7.5% with immediate effect. In a reaction to the policy, Dr A Sakthivel, president said though he welcomed the ...
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The dollar was higher today as investors continued to lower their expectations of further interest rate cuts in 2013. Futures markets were pricing in just 18 basis points of interest rate cuts, compared with 50 basis points at the start ...
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Kyodo News reported that Japan central bank monetary policy meeting on the 7th unanimously decided to maintain the current policy and will not implement further monetary easing policy. The meeting also decided to raise assessment on ...
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The sharemarket has shot up by more than 1.5 per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. The ...
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Australian shares rose to a 4 1/2 year high yesterday on strength in Asian and European markets. US economic data beat expectations and central bankers in Europe and the US reassured investors easy monetary policy will continue. ...
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The dollar rallied strongly today after the Reserve Bank of Australia signalled it might be done cutting interest rates. At 4.30pm AEDT, the Aussie was trading at $US1.0310, up from $US1.0238 late yesterday. It traded as high as $US1.0323 ...
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The sharemarket was on track for its biggest one-day rise in seven months today, as investors responded positively to yesterday's sharp fall in stock prices, which followed the release of US Federal Reserve minutes showing growing concern ...
A TOP BlackRock executive said there was little evidence of a meaningful switch by global investors into equities from fixed-income assets, even after recent strong sharemarket gains. "There appears to be a lot of cash coming off the ...
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The dollar was higher late today after the central bank signalled that, while another interest rate cut was possible, it was in no mood to deliver it just yet. At 4.05pm AEDT, the Aussie was trading at $US1.0324, up from $US1.0296 late ...
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