Friday, October 15th, 2010
(Adds Northern Energy shares) SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares eased 0.5percent on Friday as investors skimmed some profits after asteep gain the prior session and after Wall Street fell onworries about a probe into the mortgage industry.
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
(Adds comments, stocks on the move) MELBOURNE, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Australian stocks slipped 0.5percent on Tuesday, with miners dragged down by a dip in basemetals prices and as Wall Street turned cautious ahead of thequarterly corporate earnings season.
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected toease on Friday, as weaker copper and gold prices, and astronger Aussie dollar may weigh on top resources firms, whilefalls on Wall Street could also be a drag. * Stock index futures <YAPcm1> fell 17 points or 0.4percent to 4,684, ...
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
SYDNEY, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Australian stocks could firm onThursday as higher commodity prices will support the key miningsector, but a mixed finish on Wall Street and the Aussiedollar's run to multi-year highs could cap gains. Copper powered to 26-month highs on Wednesday while goldrose to record highs, pushing ...
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
Australian shares have touched a five-month high on a surge in bank and mining stocks following strong gains on Wall Street on Friday.
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Bleak news on the US housing market has pushed stocks lower on Wall Street, as investors continued to mull the consequences of another round of bond purchased by the Federal Reserve.
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
A British watchdog has hit Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs with a fine of 17.5 million pounds ($29 million) for information failures tied to US fraud charges.
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
(Adds analysts' comments, stocks on the move) MELBOURNE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 0.7percent in early trade on Tuesday, erasing some of Monday'sgains as the big miners and banks fell on worries about a shakyglobal economic recovery. Analysts said the market was simply following Wall Street'sdirection, despite ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
SYDNEY, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Australian stock are expected tofall on Wednesday spooked by investor worries over the globalrecovery after weak U.S. data sent Wall Street shares to theirlowest level in seven weeks. The Australian dollar's fall to a one-month low overnightcould also weigh on the market while a ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Wall Street finished flat overnight, with technology shares out-performing the rest of the market.
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