The Australian share market was flat in quiet trading before a US holiday and the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of the Bank of Japan. US markets were due to be closed for Martin Luther King Day. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 ...
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The sharemarket was flat in quiet trading before a US holiday and the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of the Bank of Japan. US markets were due to be closed for Martin Luther King Day. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 per cent to ...
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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 sharemarket closed lower amid profit taking today and mixed messages about economic data out of Asia. At the close,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.5 points,or 0.28 per cent lower at 4709.5,while the broader All ...
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The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance will feature a variety of technical presentations at its 2013 Annual Conference, February 5-8, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Astor in New Orleans. “The presentations this year keep attendees ...
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The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
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Quanex Building Products Corporation’s insulating glass producer, Edgetech UK, was awarded the G12 Component Supplier of the Year Award during a November 23 ceremony in London. Edgetech UK was nominated in three categories, including ...
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The sharemarket closed higher for a second day yesterday, buoyed by a last-minute budget deal in the US that drove global equities and commodity prices sharply higher on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 0.7 per cent ...
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The sharemarket started the new year with a bang as US politicians agreed on a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff, which had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up ...
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The sharemarket ended the year on a sour note, falling for the first time in four days as the continuing US fiscal policy impasse weighed on market sentiment. However, the sell-off was limited by improved manufacturing data from China and ...
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Market watchers predict the local sharemarket will forge further ahead this year after surging almost 15 per cent last year, the result of a second-half recovery that defied concerns about sovereign debt in Europe and the US and a Chinese ...
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The Engineered Products Group (EPG) of Houston-based Quanex has reported its net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal-year 2012 as $136.4 million, compared with $129.6 million a year ago—a 5.2-percent increase. The company ...
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WITH just one trading day left this year, the sharemarket climbed to a 19-month high yesterday as stronger iron ore, copper and oil prices boosted miners, and investors bought shares in anticipation that US politicians can reach a deal to ...
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher with traders focusing on late gains made in the US session rather than the fact leaders there are yet to agree on avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. At 1045 AEDT,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed higher yesterday as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. Locally,investors remained optimistic that ...
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