US shares fall sharply on debt worries

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Wall Street has slipped for the third day in a row as investors sold technology stocks and as debt talks between US politicians again failed to reach an outcome. View full post on ABC News: Business

Local shares down on US debt worries

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Concerns that US politicians will not reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling have led the local share market to its biggest fall in two weeks. The sell-off was widespread, with only 19 of the top 200 companies making gains, as investors shied away from riskier assets. View full post ...

Soaring food prices cast shadow over trading

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

By Dave Shellock, Financial Times, 14 Jan 2011Inflation concerns began to reassert themselves across the globe this week even as worries about the eurozone sovereign debt crisis showed signs of easing and the US fourth-quarter earnings season got off to a broadly positive start."Inflation has surfaced as a major ...

Resources stocks recover gains on market

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Strength in the major miners provided some relief to the share market today, even as worries about the impact of the Queensland floods remained. View full post on ABC News: Business

Australia shares fall on euro zone, local growth worries

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

(Adds dealer comment, stocks on the move ) MELBOURNE, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 0.3 percent in morning trade after Australia's third-quarter GDP came in lower than expected, adding to worries about the widening euro zone debt crisis. View full post ...

Australia shares slip on European debt worries

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

(Adds broker comment, updates to late morning) By Michael Smith View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money

Australia shares slip 0.4 pct; QR National rises

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

(Updates with opening trade) MELBOURNE, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Australian stocks weakened0.4 percent in early trade on Tuesday, following offshoremarkets down on the euro zone's debt woes and worries aboutweakened Chinese demand for metals. View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money

Australia shares rise, litany of worries caps gains

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

(Adds comments, details) By Victoria Thieberger View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money

Australia shares slip on China worries

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

(Updates to close) MELBOURNE, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 0.7percent on Wednesday, knocked by the miners after top metalsconsumer China unexpectedly moved to tighten credit andinvestors shifted out of risky assets into the U.S. dollar. View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money

Australia shares snap 3 week rise on growth worries

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

(Adds detail) SYDNEY, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 0.7percent on Friday and snapped a three week winning streak afteredgy investors preferred to take profit as lacklustre U.S. andeuro zone economic data rekindled recovery worries. View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money