Australian Commonwealth Government 10-year bond yields rose 12 basis points to 3.44 per cent following a similar move in US Treasury bonds during the Australia Day long weekend. At 11.38am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.8 per ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed higher, with investors encouraged by the recent strength of global markets. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 53.8 points, or 1.11 per cent, to 4889.0 points - its highest ...
The sharemarket surged to a 21-month high yesterday as investors dumped bonds and rushed to buy equities in response to an improving global growth outlook. Overnight on Monday, the US reported a 4.6 per cent rise in durable goods for ...
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Weakness in materials stocks helped drive the market modestly lower, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 took a step back from multi-year highs. The Dow slid 14.05 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 13881.93, ...
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Reuters reports that Iraq cut its gold holdings by a quarter in November. Data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) showed that the country’s stocks fell to 29.9 tonnes.
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Opel Australia is offering driveaway pricing across its entire vehicle line-up and has introduced a new 24-hour test drive program to give prospective customers more time behind the wheel. The German brand’s pricing offer sees the ...
A weaker yen helped Japanese stocks push past 11,000 for the first time since April 2010 early today, while the South Korean market was weighed by a decline in Samsung Electronics. The US dollar strengthened against the yen early today, ...
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The local sharemarket is expected to open higher when trading resumes today after the Australia Day holiday. In the US on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 70.65 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 13,896 points. Stocks were ...
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Styrene monomer stocks in shore tanks in East China rose week on week by about 10,000 mt to roughly 66,000 mt this week -- the highest level seen since early August 2012 -- but still relatively low, market sources said. Whether the ...
Non-LST propane at the Mont Belvieu NGL complex was heard trading Thursday at 87.75 cents/gal, 1 cent higher than Wednesday's assessment following a larger-than-expected draw from stocks. The market was trading 50 points stronger than ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed half a percentage point higher as investors chased higher-yielding financial stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 25.0 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 4835.2, while the ...
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The sharemarket climbed again yesterday, closing the week on a high on good news from home and abroad and supported by investors seeking stocks with high dividend yields. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.5 per cent at 4835.2 points, ...
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Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN ...
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Combined coal stocks held by six major power generation companies, based in eastern and southern China, averaged 14.269 million mt/d in the week ended Tuesday, down 6% from the previous week, Qinhuangdao Port said in a weekly report on ...
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Stocks advanced to a new 21-month high yesterday, led by the banking and telecommunications sectors, as investors continued to chase higher-yielding investments. The market, which began the day sluggishly following a disappointing report ...
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