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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
19 Aug 2022 - At noon, the S&P/ASX 200 is 0.07 per cent or 5.30 points higher at 7118.10. Coal mining stocks on the move again. The best-performing sector is Energy, up 4.14 per ce…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
18 Aug 2022 - Asia-Pacific markets are lower across the board after the latest Wall Street rally cooled overnight and July minutes from the US Federal Open Market Committee pointed…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
18 Aug 2022 - Australian employment shrank 40.9K in July against expectations for a 25.0K increase and June's 88.4K increase. This marked the first contraction in jobs since Octobe…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
17 Aug 2022 - Quarterly growth in the Australian wage price index was unchanged in Q2 against expectations for a rise. On a year on year basis, wage growth was also smaller than ex…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
17 Aug 2022 - In an economic symposium, Premier Li Keqiang called on a group of major provinces for more efforts to shore up support for their respective economies. Li highlighted …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
16 Aug 2022 - In an uneventful session, after opening stronger the market drifted sideways and remained in a narrow range. Profit-taking was seen as the overriding theme after the …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
16 Aug 2022 - China's economic slowdown continues to have a dampening effect on consumer spending. Bloomberg noted cautious consumers accumulated CNY10.3T in deposits over H1 2022,…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
15 Aug 2022 - China’s industrial output is likely to have grown 4.6 per cent in July from a year ago. That figure stood at 3.9 per cent in June. Retail sales likely increased 5 per…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
12 Aug 2022 - A Kyodo News survey found around 42 per cent of major Japanese companies expect the economy to slow down over the next 12 months, up from just 5 per cent a year ago, …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
11 Aug 2022 - The ASX closed near the day’s high, following a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. Lithium stocks were very much in focus again today posting strong gains across…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
11 Aug 2022 - The ASX opened up over 1%, taking its lead from a strong Wall Street overnight. Lithium stocks continue their bull run.
Market Reports /
by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
10 Aug 2022 - ASX trading lower, but off its lows as tech stocks dive in morning trading. Asia-Pacific shares fell in early trade on Wednesday as investors await inflation data fro…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
08 Aug 2022 - The labour market added 528,000 jobs in July, easily beating a Dow Jones estimate of a 258,000 increase. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 per cent, below the …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
04 Aug 2022 - ASX gives up a strong start to close flat on the day. Asia-Pacific shares traded higher on Thursday following the rally on Wall Street and as investors move on from t…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
04 Aug 2022 - The ASX is back in the green today following the rally on Wall street overnight. Asia-Pacific shares are also trading higher. Crude and base metals leading commodity …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
03 Aug 2022 - Asian equities are mostly higher Wednesday as geopolitical risks over Taiwan are somewhat fading. Taiwan is edging higher after China's response to Pelosi visit was n…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
02 Aug 2022 - The ASX posted its sixth straight gain on Tuesday. Stocks opened weaker following a small pull back in US markets overnight, but they managed to claw back into positi…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
02 Aug 2022 - In the US, stocks fell on Monday as trading opened in August, with some investors questioning whether the recent rally has further to run following the best month sin…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
01 Aug 2022 - Goldman Sachs sees a 25% probability of Australia entering recession over the 12 months. There are downside risks from weaker global activity, inflation and tighter f…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
01 Aug 2022 - The latest batch of corporate results has been mixed -- particularly in the retail sector. It’s becoming clear that retailers badly misjudged supply and demand. Part …
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
29 Jul 2022 - The Australian stock market closed higher once again on Friday, extending the gains of the previous three sessions, following broadly positive cues from US markets ov…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
29 Jul 2022 - The Australian opened significantly higher on Friday, extending gains from the previous three sessions, following positive cues from US markets overnight. On the data…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
28 Jul 2022 - The Australian stock market closed significantly higher on Thursday, extending the gains of the previous two sessions, following broadly positive cues from global mar…
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by Paul Sanger -
3 years ago
28 Jul 2022 - The BNPL later sector today has continued an extraordinary bounce as the sector surges higher albeit from very depressed levels -- with very little stock-specific new…
