The Australian dollar was slightly lower in line with losses on Wall Street overnight. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 103.02 US cents, down from 103.17 US cents at yesterday’s local close.
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The Australian dollar fell to a one-month low during overnight trading as bombings in Boston and disappointing Chinese economic growth weighed on market sentiment. At 7am AEST the local unit was trading at 103.15 US cents, down from ...
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The dollar has fallen after speculation of a downgrade to Germany's top credit rating. At 5pm AEST today, the currency was trading at $US1.0317, down from $US1.0363 yesterday. ANZ foreign exchange strategist Andrew Salter said the ...
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The sharemarket has closed lower, led by sharp losses among the big miners. At 4.18pm AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 80.2 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 4924.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 82.3 points, ...
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GOOGLE suffered disruptions on several of its cloud-based services including Gmail for about two hours last night for reasons that were not disclosed. The apps status dashboard of the world's most popular search engine indicated "service ...
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AMERICAN Airlines says it has fixed a computer problem that prompted the grounding of its aircraft on Tuesday, with flight resuming but schedules still in disarray. Earlier in the day, American had grounded all its aircraft due to ...
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THE sharemarket rose the most in seven sessions after commodities and offshore equities saw some recovery from recent weakness caused by China's disappointing economic growth data, the collapse in gold prices and the Boston bombings. ...
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THE Australian dollar was slightly higher as Wall Street gained 1 per cent, bouncing back after heavy losses yesterday. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 103.91 US cents, up from 103.72 cents at yesterday's local close.
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The dollar recovered some lost ground today, helped in part by a mild recovery in gold prices and comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia signalling it is in no rush to cut interest rates further. While the Aussie still remains well ...
The sharemarket recovered some of its early losses but still closed lower today. At 4.15pm AEST today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.1 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4950.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...
The dollar has fallen sharply following news of slower economic growth in China. At 5pm AEST today, the Aussie was at $US1.0433, down from $US1.0546 on Friday afternoon. CMC markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the currency ...
The Australian dollar fell sharply in Asian trading yesterday on news that economic growth in China, Australia's largest trading partner, was much slower than expected in the first quarter of this year. At 5pm AEST, the dollar was buying ...
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The Australian dollar neared 105 US cents after falling during weekend offshore trading. At 6.23am AEST the Australian dollar was at 105.11 US cents, down from Friday's local close of 105.46 US cents. During the weekend offshore ...
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The Australian share market has opened firmer after markets in the United States pushed to new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones ...
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The Australian dollar sat just under 105.5 US cents heading into the start of the local trading day. At 6.30am AEST the Australian dollar was at 105.48 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close of 105.21 US cents. During the ...