The Australian sharemarket roared back yesterday, recovering most of its 75-point loss on Monday, after a US Federal Reserve official reiterated the central bank's commitment to quantitative easing, local retail sales exceeded expectations ...
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The S&P/ASX200 is down 0.3 per cent as resources stocks including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and Oil Search are down 1.2 per cent to 2.7 per cent on commodity weakness and with ex-dividend falls today worth about 11 index points. ...
The local sharemarket retreated from a 4 1/2-year high yesterday before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion ($83bn) of automatic US spending cuts, the so-called sequester, which were due to take ...
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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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Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its financial results for the first six months ended December 31 of the financial year 2012-13, posting a net profit of A$7.74 million, up 42 percent year on year. In the first ...
Thelocal sharemarket fell sharply yesterday as an indecisive national election in Italy raised the prospect of another sell-off in European bond markets that could rekindle the continent's debt crisis. Italy was headed for a political ...
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Australia's three major iron ore ports were shut down on Monday, February 25, as the tropical cyclone Rusty was closing in on the coast of Western Australia, according to media reports. With rough sea conditions forcing suspension of ship ...
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The sharemarket partially reversed its big sell-off with a solid finish after the Reserve Bank's positive comments about the economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 38 points, or 0.76 per cent, at 5018.1 points today, while the ...
The sharemarket recorded its biggest one-day fall for nine months after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's recent policy-setting meeting revealed unease about the bank's stimulus efforts. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 2.3 per ...
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Shares were on track for their biggest fall in three months after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting showed rising unease about the US central bank's recent stimulus efforts. Domestic earnings reports had ...
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced its financial results for the half year ended on December 31 of the 2012-13 financial year. In the given period, Fortescue's net profit decreased by 40 percent year on year to ...
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The sharemarket has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5098.7 points, while the broader ...
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Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group, the world’s No.4 iron ore producer ranks behind Rio Tinto, Vale and BHP Billiton, reported 40% profit fall in first-half. Iron ore price fell sharply and costs rose as it ramped up ...
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The sharemarket closed at its highest level in more than four years, with gains across the board. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 18.5 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 5081.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had added ...
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