The sharemarket closed little changed yesterday, despite news from Japan that Australia's second-biggest trading partner was taking steps to spur growth in its long-stalled economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.6 points, or ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed flat as investors gave a muted response to the Bank of Japan's plan for a more expansionary 2 per cent inflation target. At 4.15pm AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.6 points, or ...
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The Australian sharemarket has opened higher. At 10.10am AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 12.7 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4790.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 12.6 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4814.8. ...
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Nippon Steel said the stocks of H-beam in Tokiwakai Group totaled 178,800 tons at the end of last December, down by 2.2% from a month ago. Also, the H beam stocks have fallen for consecutive three months. Meanwhile, Nippon Steel will ...
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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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Australia - So far this year, Coda Audio has taken delivery of 50 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless microphone systems to use on their elite events such as The Sydney Festival. Michael Wilkie, director of Coda Audio, decided upon the Shure ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in early January (Jan. 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1,674,900 mt, up 3.8 percent ...
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Combined coal stocks held by China's six major power generation companies, in eastern and southern China, averaged 14.653 million mt/day in the week ended Tuesday, down 3.2% from the previous week, Qinhuangdao Port said in a weekly report ...
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India’s cotton inventory at the end of the current cotton season in September 2013 is likely to increase compared to the carryover stocks at the end of last season, mainly due to a projected decline in exports. India’s Cotton ...
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The March contract traded to an 8-month intraday high of 78.18 cents, although it settled shy of the 77.98 cents closing high of August 31. Also, while March was able to briefly break above its 8-month sideways range, May, July and December ...
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 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 at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
Analysts expect that the US Energy Information Administration on Thursday will estimate a natural gas storage withdrawal of between 137 and 141 Bcf for the reporting week ended Friday. A drawdown within expectations would be greater ...
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Prompt gas prices on the UK's NBP gas trading hub Wednesday hit the highest levels since December 7 as temperature forecasts were revised lower and domestic storage stocks were heavily called upon to meet demand, sources said. The ...
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