THE Australian dollar is lower following a quiet day of trading. At 5pm AEDT, the Australian dollar was at 105.11 US cents, down from 105.23 US cents on Friday afternoon. OzForex head of corporate dealing Jim Vrondas said the currency ...
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The Australian dollar fell back slightly after an earlier rise on strong Chinese growth data. At 7am AEDT the Australian dollar was at 105.10 US cents, down from 105.23 cents on Friday. Official data released on Friday showed China's ...
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The sharemarket rose yesterday after US housing data suggested economic growth in the world's biggest economy was likely to continue, and above-consensus GDP data from China showed that an economic recovery in Australia's biggest trading ...
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The Australian dollar was higher late in local trade after China's economy grew more quickly than expected in the fourth quarter, helping cement views that the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a more than two-year slowdown. ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest point in a week on news the national unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent last month. At 5pm AEDT today, the Aussie was trading at $US1.051, down from $US1.0553 on Wednesday afternoon. ...
The sharemarket closed at its highest level in 20 months yesterday as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, financial, energy and healthcare sectors enjoying strong gains as investors were frustrated with a lack of significant dips in ...
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The Australian dollar was trading higher after climbing above 105.5 US cents during the overnight offshore session. The local currency rose in line with a strong rally on Wall Street, where the S&P500 index was up 0.8 per cent late in the ...
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Victorian premier Ted Baillieu. The state government of Victoria has welcomed the return of National Manufacturing Week (NMW) to Melbourne in 2013, as a reflection of its strategy for revitalizing the state’s manufacturing sector. ...
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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 ...
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 ...