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API Shares Hold Up Despite Writedowns
Shares in Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) dipped 1.4% in yesterday’s stronger market as investors reassessed last Thursday’s announcement of big write downs in loan assets, but improved trading conditions.
Read MoreEquities Easter Bunny Bounce To Continue
Our market is looking for another solid start to trading after its post Easter jump yesterday.
Read MoreAt The Close: Stocks At Near 6-Year Highs
CommSec’s Juliette Saly provides an afternoon market update. Stocks have closed at near 6 year highs.
Markets: Big Global Investors Go Off Growth Stocks, But Not Economies
Last week’s rebound on Wall Street saw the recent bearishness in Nasdaq stocks, especially biotechs replaced by a renewed bullishness – but for how long?
Read MoreGold: Big Merger Shaky, Like The Gold Price
Gold continues to face an uncertain outlook, according to the latest survey from Reuters/GFMS, a forecast that goes some way to explaining the thinking behind the attempts by Newmont and Barrick to merge to produce the world’s biggest gold miner in a $US33 billion deal.
Read MoreDiary: Short Week, But Time For Inflation Data
A very short week in Australia – just three trading days for markets and business and one that will be easily dominated by the release of the March quarter consumer price index tomorrow.
Read MoreAt The Close: Shortened Trading Week
Stocks have kicked off this shortened trading week a touch higher. Westpac and ANZ broke through record highs, while the miners lost ground. Petrol prices recorded their biggest weekly gains in four-months.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: Stocks Rise After Easter Break
CommSec’s Juliette Saly provides a Mid-session financial market update. Stocks have opened higher after the four day Easter break.
Read MoreTesting Times For Copper
BHP Billiton (BHP) and Rio Tinto (RIO) were upbeat about the prospects for their copper businesses this week – forecasting rising production over the rest of 2014 and into 2015.
Read MoreChina Crude Steel Production Up
More good news for our iron ore exporters.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: Third Day Of Gains
Local shares are firmer for the third straight day, with the ASX200 and All Ordinaries both trading above 5400pts. Oil and gas producers Woodside and Santos are mixed following production reports while newly listed Japara is up by more tha 20%.
Read MoreChinese Economy Slows, Demand For Australian Commodities Expands
The Aussie dollar jumped after China GDP figures for the March quarter came in slightly ahead of expectations around lunchtime yesterday.
Read MoreFortescue Joins BHP, RIO In Strong Q1
At Fortescue (FMG), yes the company missed those market estimates (because of the wet weather, a normal seasonal event in the Pilbara) but the tonnage shipped was still a record.
Read MoreIron Ore Stronger For Longer At BHP
Once again media and some investment analysts got the results of leading iron ore groups wrong because their estimates were too optimistic, or they have forgotten the way to compare quarterly results.
Read MoreMcAleese Cuts, API Waits
Shares in McAleese Group (MCS), owner of the troubled Cootes Transport business, were hammered yesterday after it issued its second profit warning in two months.
Read MoreCrash Calls For Share Markets
Note: This article was originally published on Oliver’s Insights on 16 April 2014 and has been republished with permission from the original author.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: China’s Growth In Focus
Local stocks are higher for the second day. BHP Billiton recorded a 23% rise in iron ore production ove the past year; however its shares are slightly lower. Chinese economic news in focus. Dollar still below US94c.
Read MoreGoldbugs Rattled As History Repeats
A year ago yesterday, gold prices fell 9.3% in their worst ever one day fall.
Read MoreRBA’s Stronger Dollar Concerns Return
The Reserve Bank has bewailed the impact of the stubbornly high Australian dollar on economic growth, which is helping make the transition from the mining investment boom much harder than it should be.
Read MoreNufarm To Close Kiwi Plant
Nufarm (NUF) has revealed the results of the second prong of its company wide review – an examination of its New Zealand business – with the decision to close its manufacturing facility at Otahuhu in Auckland in New Zealand which will cost 59 jobs.
Read MoreS&P Downgrades Coca-Cola Amatil
Shares in Coca Cola Amatil (CCL) yesterday staged a mini-recovery, despite ratings agency Standard and Poor’s downgrading the company’s credit rating in the wake of last week’s downgrade of 2014 earnings.
Read MoreRio’s Solid First Quarter Report
Investors were strangely neutral about the solid rise in iron ore production and sales from Rio Tinto (RIO) in the three months to March.
Read MoreAt The Close: China Data Features
The ASX200 ended close to session highs on Wednesday helped by Chinese GDP figures. Every sector measured by the ASX ended higher.
Read MoreSmartPay EFTPositioned Nicely
At 32 cents, which capitalises the company at $55 million, it is fair to say that Smartpay has not made a huge impact on the Australian stock market yet. But this is a stock worth watching, as a leader in the growing cashless payments space.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: Stocks Rebound
Local stocks have started the session on a solid footing thanks to a rebound for US stocks overnight. Mining stocks are in focus on the back of production reports.
Read MoreJittery Investors Jump At Shadows
Was Monday’s fall one we didn’t have to have?
Read MoreStructural Changes Pressure Coca Cola Amatil
More pressure on shares in Coca Cola Amatil (CCL) in yesterday’s widespread sell-off – although the losses were not as horrendous as seen last Friday in the wake of the surprise profit warning and restructuring announcement.
Read MoreLosses Loom Over API
We can expect losses today from drugs wholesaler and pharmacies operator Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) which were placed in a trading halt yesterday ahead of an announcement by the company on the carrying value of its assets.
Read MoreAt The Close: Gains Fade In The Afternoon
Local stocks ended with a solid gain although off the best levels of the session on Tuesday.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: Stocks Slipping
Local stocks are slipping for the second trading session. Defensive telcos are higher while all other sectors are slipping. No major (market moving) economic news today. Public holidays over next fortnight could keep volume a little light.
Read MoreChina’s Iron Ore Imports Surge
The big test this week of the bearishness or otherwise among investors about China’s economy will come with the release of the March quarter GDP data, plus figures on industrial production, investment and retail sales.
Read MoreAustralia Withstands Wall Street’s Woes
Believe it or not, the Australian stockmarket outperformed most of the world’s major exchanges in last week’s slide, bar the Chinese market.
Read MoreThe Week Ahead
The coming holiday-shortened week will be dominated by China’s March quarter growth (see separate story), US first quarter earnings, the Reserve Bank minutes in Australia, the start of two weeks of almost continual holidays and the stockmarket sell off (see separate report).
Read MoreAt The Close: Sellers In Control
The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) slumped 1.29 per cent; finishing below 5400 points for the first time in two weeks and recording its biggest daily tumble in a month. Investors are likely to remain a little quiet this week due to the shortened Easter trading week.
Read MoreMarket At Midday: Stocks Follow Wall St
CommSec’s Juliette Saly provides a mid-session market update. Stocks have followed Wall St into the red, while Coca-Cola Amatil has delivered a profit warning.
Read MoreNasdaq Blues Return
Nasdaq’s blues have returned, dragging down the US market for a third day in a week.
Read MoreChinese Trade Data’s Confusion Picture
Don’t focus on the weak 6.6% year on year fall in Chinese exports in March to $US170.11 billion.
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