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3 years ago
09 Sep 2022 - Australian shares are on track to end the week higher after Wall Street made gains overnight. The ASX held a minute's silence at 11am to mark the death of Queen Eliza…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
08 Sep 2022 - The Australian sharemarket had its best session in nearly two months and one of the best all year after RBA governor Philip Lowe was less hawkish than feared in a key…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
08 Sep 2022 - The ASX is following Wall Street's rebound, as the local market waits for further indications that the most-aggressive rate hikes are done.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
07 Sep 2022 - Australian shares touched a near seven-week low, a day after the country's central bank raised rates, as a slide in commodity stocks and Wall Street weighed on the be…
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
07 Sep 2022 - Australian shares have started the day lower, taking cues from Wall Street as traders assess fresh US economic data in volatile trading.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
06 Sep 2022 - The ASX started off optimistically on Tuesday, but reversed early gains as investors mulled the Reserve Bank's latest rate hike, closing down on the day. The RBA's la…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
06 Sep 2022 - Coal, one of Australia’s biggest commodity exports, has surged to record levels as a result of the energy crisis, with the price of Newcastle coal soaring to all-time…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
05 Sep 2022 - Australian shares closed higher on the day, energy and gold stocks offsetting losses from the banking and tech indexes, while investors awaited a central bank rate de…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
05 Sep 2022 - Shares in the Asia-Pacific are trading mixed on Monday as investors await the results of a private survey on Chinese services sector activity. OPEC+ is likely to keep…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
01 Sep 2022 - Australian shares started the day sharply lower as world stock markets struggled to recover on Wednesday after a three-day losing streak.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
31 Aug 2022 - China’s Shenzhen Component index are leading losses in mixed Asia-Pacific trade following a negative lead from Wall Street, and as investors digest China’s factory ac…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
31 Aug 2022 - Several of China's biggest cities imposed tougher COVID-19 curbs on Tuesday. Analysts expect China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for August will…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
30 Aug 2022 - Australian shares have clawed back some of yesterday's heavy losses despite another slump in global markets over the possibility of more aggressive US and European in…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
30 Aug 2022 - The ASX had a solid start to the trading session Tuesday, recovering some of yesterday's material fall. Japan jobless rate remains steady. US businesses more worried …
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
29 Aug 2022 - Shares on the ASX plunged lower on Monday following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. He warned that rising interest rates will cause "so…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
29 Aug 2022 - All sectors are in the red. Shares in the Asia-Pacific also traded lower on Monday. China GDP growth expectations continue to weaken.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
26 Aug 2022 - RBNZ Governor Orr has said the central bank is in a more comfortable position, with official cash at 3.00 per cent. Orr flagged at least another few rate hikes.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
25 Aug 2022 - There is a likely second straight quarterly contraction in New Zealand GDP following the surprise drop in Q2 retail sales. Economists said that while a GDP contractio…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
25 Aug 2022 - The Chinese State Council has announced 19 additional measures to help stabilise the economy. Key message beats remained the same: economic recovery is still not sold…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
24 Aug 2022 - Australia has a record debt-to-income ratio of 187.2 per cent. With mortgage rates tipped to rise to just 6 per cent by year-end, borrowers face a sharp increase in r…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
24 Aug 2022 - The ASX consumer staples sector has underperformed the broader market, with a 5 per cent week-to-date decline. Earnings have driven most of the decline.
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
23 Aug 2022 - Markets are in risk-off mode ahead of Jackson Hole, with Japan, Korea, and Taiwan underperforming. The latest S&P Global/Markit composite PMI for Australia fell into …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
23 Aug 2022 - China will offer CNY200B ($29.3b) in special loans to ensure stalled housing projects are delivered to buyers, which would be the biggest financial commitment so far …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
22 Aug 2022 - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned that, although the country's neighbourhood had enjoyed peace for a long period, those who think war cannot break…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
22 Aug 2022 - Shares in the Asia-Pacific region have fallen as concerns over aggressive Fed hikes reemerge. In an interview with Bloomberg, RBNZ Deputy Governor Hawkesby said the c…
