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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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, says that Fry’s Electronics Inc, of ...
It's reported that the stainless steel stocks totaled 151,149 tons in the Chinese Foshan market in the first 10 days of April, down by 0.79% from the previous 10 days. Among them, 78,688 tons were cold rolled stainless steel products, ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, foshan
Equity fund managers marginally beat the market in the first quarter, with income-focused funds performing best as the global hunt for yield drives up stocks such as banks and property trusts. For the three months to the end of March, the ...
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The dramatic sell-off in resources stocks accelerated yesterday and the Australian dollar fell as investors focused on plunging gold and commodity prices and concerns about slowing growth in China. Goldminers again led the local ...
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The sharemarket fell for a second consecutive day, with goldminers leading declines in cyclical sectors as the gold price rout continued in the wake of Monday's disappointing economic data from China, which added to recent concern about the ...
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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 ...
In the US and UK the market for clothing for pets is growing. But is it a sensible bit of indulgence or an inappropriate fad, asks Helen Soteriou. Anyone going into a park during the recent cold weather might very well have seen dogs ...
Tags: dog, pet, dog clothing, pet clothing
The sharemarket was hammered yesterday after Chinese economic data missed market expectations, adding to pressure from a slump in commodity prices that followed the release of disappointing US retail sales and consumer confidence data on ...
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In another time the $5.07 billion price tag for NSW ports sold last Friday might have been the sort of deal to get a roll on for the market's deal junkies. After all, it's not often the market estimates for the price -- $2.5bn to $3bn -- ...
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Goldmining stocks are sharply lower in early trading after the precious metal tumbled to a 21-month low at the end of last week, officially entering a bear market. Friday's sell-off in the yellow metal was triggered as prices broke below ...
It’s reported that the stocks of H-beam in the local distributor Tokiwakai Group totaled 196,700 tons at the end of March, rising by 5.2% from a month ago, according to Nippon Steel. To specify region, the inventory in Tokyo totaled ...
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According to data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), Japan’s output of galvanized steel sheets totaled 926,177 tons in February, decreasing by 6.8% from a month ago and falling by 4.1% year on year. In February, ...
The sharemarket's week-long recovery faltered as regional markets weakened today, even as it hit a fresh three-week high during the session. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed flat at 5013.5 points after rising to 5023 - its highest point ...
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