Local stocks rose 0.6 per cent today as investors piled into banks to take advantage of their dividend yields, and amid optimism that the country's biggest lenders would report rising profits this week and next. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The sharemarket rose 0.6 per cent yesterday as investors piled into banks to take advantage of their dividend yields, amid optimism the country's biggest lenders would report rising profits this week and next. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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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 was almost half a US cent lower after investors sold off the currency on Friday night in response to Chinese inflation figures. At 6.30am AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 105.39 US cents, down from 105.82 US ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, Chinese inflation figures, currency, economy