THE Australian dollar was slightly higher following a general election in Japan and continuing concerns about budget negotiations in the United States. At 7am AEDT on Monday, the currency was trading at 105.48 US cents up from 105.44 ...
Tags: Australian, Japan Election, US Budget
AUSTRALIAN stocks are expected to start the last full trading week before Christmas on a cautious note amid ongoing negotiations over the looming US budget deadline. Futures trading was pointing to a weak start on the local market today, ...
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THE Australian sharemarket is set to fall today after world markets dropped on concerns about stalled budget negotiations in the United States. At 7.10am AEDT the December share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 4,578. ...
Reuters reports that London copper was steady near 2 month highs as signs of a revival in China's economic growth and hopes of further easing by the United States underpinned prices while wrangling over the US fiscal cliff weighed on ...
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Arab News cited Mr Abdullah Al Badri secretary general of OPEC as saying that ahead of the oil exporting group's meeting in Vienna next week. The market is comfortable as I see it at this time. OPEC is expected to stick with an output ...
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NYMEX January crude and ICE Brent futures settled lower Friday as bullish headline numbers on US unemployment were not enough to keep oil futures from weakening on macroeconomic concerns. January crude settled 33 cents lower at ...
Reuters reported that Brent crude oil fell below USD 111 per barrel as a lack of progress in US budget talks to avert a fiscal crisis darkened the outlook for demand in the world's biggest oil consumer. Top US Republican lawmaker John ...
Tags: US fiscal, oil, oil consumer