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Local rally continues with the sharemarket finishing stronger for a fifth straight session.
Read MoreLocal rally continues with the sharemarket finishing stronger for a fifth straight session.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: TEN up 10%, LNG up 7.6%, SDF up 3.9%, ARI up 3.8%, HZN up 3.8%.
Read MoreA glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel for Iluka Resources (ILU) which is looking to bring a mothballed Western Australian mine back on line because of what it sees as an improving mineral sands market.
Read MoreAccording to media reports, Fortescue Metals (FMG) only just broke even in the September quarter as prices for its lower quality iron ore fell.
Read MoreShares in Woodside Petroleum (WPL) edged higher yesterday after the company surprised the market with better than expected third quarter figures.
Read MoreS&P/ASX200 gained 16.8 points or +0.32% on volume of $3.9 billion, closing at 5271.7.
Read MoreThe ASX 200 ends the week with a gain 1.6% coming off the back of a 2.4% loss last week.
Read MoreThis is the week when deflation reared its ugly head and started reminding investors of the dangers it can pose to economic stability. At times it sounds esoteric, but as the experiences of the 1930’s and of Japan in the past 20 years show, deflation makes life tough for consumers, companies, governments by increasing the cost of debt and strangling economic activity.
Read MoreAn emerging tungsten producer that’s looking to fast-track hard-rock production at its Mt Carbine project in northern Queensland. The company is developing its association with Japanese heavyweight, Mitsubishi.
Read MoreMarkets around the world were battered overnight by a surge in volatility not seen since the days of late 2008 after Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering the GFC.
Read MoreRio Tinto (RIO) CEO Sam Walsh has rejected criticism of his company’s policy of continuing to expand iron ore production and sales in the face of weak prices and sluggish demand. That policy is also one being pursued by Rio’s great rivals, BHP Billiton (BHP) and Vale of Brazil. It’s earned the two Australian miners criticism from some investors, analysts and the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett.
Read MoreElectronics retailer, Dick Smith (DSH) has revealed ambitious plans to boost the number of stores across the country to 450 by 2017, in the process, opening 20 new shops each year.
Read MoreLike Pacific Brands (PBG) on Tuesday, The Reject Shop (TRS) received a different reaction to yet another bout of poor news on its trading position at yesterday’s AGM with the shares rising 0.9% to $8.67.
Read MoreThe S&P/ASX200 gained 9.3 points or +0.18% on volume of $5.3 billion, closing at 5254.9.
Read MoreAll Ords +0.1% or 6.3pts to 5244.3. Miners did worst (-1.4%), energy best (+1.35%).
Read MoreANGLO-SWISS miner Glencore has been in the news recently courting Rio Tinto but it made bond market headlines last month for different reasons.
Read MoreIn essence, benchmarks are a standard against which the performance of financial instruments like managed funds can be measured. More often than not, broad market and market-segment indices are used for benchmarking purposes. A benchmark is usually an index of securities from the same, or similar, class: stocks are usually compared against stocks, bonds against bonds and so on.
Read MoreThe ASX 200 gives back gains of the last two sessions down 0.5% in early trade after suffering initial pressure from sellers.
Read MoreThe share and currency markets yesterday ignored a blunt warning of a looming, possibly ‘violent‘ crash from one of the most senior executives at the Reserve Bank yesterday.
Read MoreUpbeat news has been in something of a short supply lately for Oz Minerals (OZL), but yesterday it delivered something investors were happy to read – a strong operating performance for the three months to September which has left the company on track to meet its December 31, 2014 financial year guidance.
Read MoreWhat, another bit of bad news from Pacific Brands (PBG), and the shares, well, do nothing?
Read MoreIt was ‘a flash in the pan’ according to the National Australia Bank in its monthly survey of business conditions and confidence yesterday as it revealed business conditions and confidence both fell in September.
Read MoreThe Australian sharemarket extends yesterday’s gains following strength on global markets overnight.
Read MoreThe ASX200 added 38.2 points on Wednesday or +0.73% on volume of $3.9 billion, ending the session at 5245.6.
Read MoreNote: This article was originally published on Oliver’s Insights on 14 October 2014 and has been republished with permission from the original author.
Read MoreThe Australian sharemarket is extending yesterday’s gains at mid-session.
Read MoreBHP and RIO are accounting for 11.8pts of the All Ords’s 34.8pt improvement as we approach lunch.
Read MoreA last hour wave of selling saw US markets plunge sharply, setting up what will be yet another day of red ink in Australia and other Asian markets.
Read MoreChina’s official statistics continue to hold a unique ability to surprise on the upside.
Read MoreBHP Billiton (BHP) officially opened its $US3.4 billion Caval Ridge coking coal export mine in Queensland yesterday, two days before the Chinese government brings back import duties on coking and thermal coal.
Read MoreIt’s a familiar story these days for companies in the increasingly fraught mining services business.
Read MoreIs there a rebound in iron ore prices underway?
Read MoreThe ASX200 added 51.9 points on Tuesday or +1.00% on volume of $4.5 billion to end the session at 5207.4.
Read MoreMarket boosted by gains in the materials sector with FMG rallying 5.5%.
Read MoreAnother test for market confidence later today with the start of the flow of important data on the Chinese economy for the month of September and the quarter.
Read MoreGlobal oil markets are in increasing disarray. Opec is split, with Saudi Arabia leading the way by cutting prices and pushing up production.
Read MoreAnd then there were an even dozen, including Australia.
Read MoreNow for another ‘red’ start to the week on equity markets in Australia and Asia and it’s clear another week of big falls could be ahead.
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