Continuing speculation about the future of the US Federal Reserve's asset-purchasing program in the wake of congressional testimony by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent the dollar sharply higher Wednesday, and augmented downward pressure on the ...
Tags: NYMEX Crude, Chemicals
Oil futures closed out the week in higher territory Friday, boosted by a strong equities performance even as the US Dollar Index climbed to a 34-month high. NYMEX June crude settled 86 cents higher at $96.02/b, after ranging from a low of ...
Tags: Oil Futures, Strong Equities
A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, ...
The oil complex shrugged off largely bearish US Energy Information Administration data Wednesday as a rise in equities coupled with a technical bounce halted a four-day slide in June crude futures. NYMEX June crude rallied towards the ...
Tags: Oil Complex, Oil
The Australian dollar opened below 99 US cents as another rally on Wall Street boosted the greenback. At 7am AEST, the local currency was trading at 98.92 US cents, down from yesterday’s local close of 99.80 US cents, marking the ...
Tags: Dollar, US Markets, Service
Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the ...
Tags: Wall Street
sjennings You, too, can bask in the the glory that is Herman Miller office furniture and you won't regret the investment. When you first started your business, chances are your furniture left a lot to be desired. Sure, you had visions of ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Yahoo has begun talks on a possible purchase of the online video website Hulu, the Dow Jones news site AllThingsD has reported. The move comes after the French government blocked Yahoo's effort to take a controlling stake in another ...
Tags: Yahoo Eyes, Dailymotion Bid
The sharemarket has closed at its best level in almost five years, driven by record US market highs and positive Chinese trade data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 56.1 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 5199.8 points. The broader ...
Tags: CMC Markets, economy
The Australian dollar fell to a fresh two-month low during overnight trade, before recovering most of its lost ground amid gains on US share markets. The currency fell to 101.55 US cents early this morning as traders in Europe and the US ...
Tags: Australian dollar, dollar
Oil futures closed US trading above Friday's settles Monday, after driving higher shortly ahead of the 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) NYMEX market settle on geopolitical concerns arising out of the escalating conflict in Syria. NYMEX June crude ...
Tags: Oil Futures, Chemicals
The sharemarket has opened more than1 per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. At 10.30am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.5 points, or 1.06 ...
Tags: US Jobs Data, Service
On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
Tags: Tech Stocks, Market Indexes
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 ...
Tags: Local stocks, Stockmarket
The stockmarket has opened slightly higher, boosted by stronger mining stocks on the back of improved prices for commodities. At 10.31am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.6 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 5120.0 points. The ...