The Australian sharemarket rose to a 20-month high today as investors continued to buy banks, consumer staples, property trusts, healthcare and energy companies, while remaining hesitant on iron ore producers after spot iron ore prices ...
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The Australian dollar rose ahead of the release of domestic jobs data. At 6.20am AEDT the local currency was at 105.63 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close of 105.53 US cents. During the overnight offshore session, the ...
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The Australian dollar barely moved in sleepy Asian trading yesterday but the outlook for the currency remained upbeat, with one major domestic bank sharply lifting its forecast for the currency this year. "It's very, very quiet," Rochford ...
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The Australian dollar has closed flat after a quiet domestic session, with investors focused on the upcoming release of local and overseas economic data. At 5pm AEDT today, the local currency was at 105.53 US cents, little changed from ...
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The Australian dollar was slightly higher, despite weakness in global stock markets and disappointing German economic growth figures. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 105.52 US cents, up from 105.48 US cents at yesterday’s ...
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The Australian dollar was little changed yesterday in Asian trading, in a muted response to remarks from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the world's largest economy still had quite a way to go towards recovery, despite recent ...
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The Australian dollar has ended the local trading day a touch lower, after market players were disappointed by a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. At 5pm AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.48 US cents, down ...
The Australian dollar rose steadily yesterday as Chinese stocks started the week with a strong performance. However, it was well down on Friday. The Shanghai Composite index was up 2.1 per cent, buoyed by remarks from the head of China's ...
The Australian dollar fell, despite getting a boost from a 2 per cent surge on the Shanghai share market during the local trading day. At 5pm AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 105.56 US cents, down from Friday's local close of ...
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The Australian dollar was slightly higher ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 105.68 US cents, up from 105.56 US cents at yesterday’s local close. The currency ...
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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 ...
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The Australian dollar is close to 106 US cents after touching a near four-month high in offshore trading on the back of a stronger gold price, a rally on equity markets and positive comments from the European Central Bank (ECB). At 7am ...
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The Australian dollar has jumped to its highest level in more than two weeks following a stronger-than-expected rise in Chinese exports and imports. At 17:00 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US1.0549, up from $US1.0508 ...
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A big jump in China's trade surplus buoyed the Australian dollar as dealers bet that the world's second-biggest economy was recovering faster than expected. China's monthly trade surplus widened to $US31.6 billion ($29.9bn) in December, ...
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