Commodity Brokers News
ASX 200
Monday November 16, 2009
While the ASX 200 closed weaker on Friday it still posted a weekly gain of 2.45 per cent.Spurred On Or Just Bouncing With Cats
Wednesday October 29, 2008
WHEN the stockmarket goes through a meltdown, several days of successive declines are often succeeded by a small upturn. It might appear that the worst is over, but all too often it is what old financial sector hands call a "dead cat bounce" and the market usually continues to fall until it finds its natural bottom.Mitsui's Nexus Break
Wednesday October 8, 2008
OIL has stayed relatively strong in the commodity market meltdown, but not strong enough to stop Japan's mighty Mitsui from walking away from a $350 million deal to acquire a 25% stake in a Browse Basin project from Nexus Energy.Looks Like A Dent In The Brambles Bottom Line
Wednesday April 23, 2008
The company has made reassuring noises, but the brokers are not buying it.The Clouds Will Clear
Wednesday April 2, 2008
A falling market, a US recession, panicking brokers and whispers of the D-word. How did it come to this? Annette Sampson explains why we shouldn't panic.Metals And Oil Give Bhp Billiton The Touch Of Midas
Thursday April 20, 2006
SOARING commodity prices have analysts upgrading BHP Billiton, adding fuel to the resource giant's boom and propelling the Australian sharemarket to fresh highs.Analysts See Bhp Stock At $35
Thursday April 20, 2006
SOARING commodity prices have analysts upgrading BHP Billiton, adding fuel to the resource giant's boom and propelling the Australian stockmarket to new highs.Boom Carries Rio To $2.8b Record
Thursday August 4, 2005
The pressure was on, but Rio Tinto delivered. The world's second largest miner took advantage of record commodity prices and reported record half-year earnings of $US2.2 billion ($2.8 billion).Deal Brokers
Saturday July 30, 2005
It has been a first-round battering for the Government in its industrial relations fight. It wasn't even inthe ring throwing punches, writes Nick O'Malley.Market Braces For A Fall
Monday April 18, 2005
Negative IMF vibes, a weak US lead, weakening commodity prices and volatile oil prices put traders on their guardBhp's $9.2bn Bid Backs The Boom
Thursday March 10, 2005
BHP Billiton's $9.2 billion bid for WMC Resources appears to have won over a market more excited by the prospect of an extended commodity boom than by the possibility of a higher bid.Market Powers On As Buyers Leap In
Tuesday November 16, 2004
Some brokers predict the market will likely pause for breath after its record run.All Quiet As Brokers Hope For A Spike
Friday January 10, 2003
Market activity remained at a low ebb yesterday with little stimulus from overseas.Brokers Talking Up Csl Again
Tuesday December 3, 2002
The blood processor is getting a little more colour back in its shares.Brokers Hanging Up On Telstra
Tuesday November 26, 2002
Analysts have been quick to ring in downgrades now that T3 has been shelved.Lots Going For Brokers
Sunday September 3, 2000
THE adrenaline-charged days of yelling and gesticulating wildly from the trading floor are over but Macquarie Bank analyst Lucinda Chan still holds a passion for the finance industry. ``Now it's whoever pushes the button first gets the deal," said Ms Chan, associate director and head of reta$100m Mobile Static
Tuesday August 15, 2000
Brokers weigh up the risks for Telstra in Hong Kong play. Mark Todd reports. Telstra's $6.5 billion deal with Hong Kong entrepreneur Mr Richard Li and his Internet group Pacific Century CyberWorks looks like one of those no pain, no gain transactions. Deutsche Bank calculates in a recent repTheir Loss, Our Gain
Wednesday June 14, 2000
Local investors can make a buck out of other countries in a low-dollar climate. David Langsam With the Australian dollar languishing against the US dollar and sterling, foreign investment is becoming expensive, but brokers say that shouldn't deter long-term investment. There are two options availCorrection As Wall St Plunges
Sunday February 13, 2000
A 218-point plunge on Wall Street yesterday will drag the Australian sharemarket down tomorrow, brokers warn. At one point, the Dow was down 286 points and triggered the shutdown of automated trading. Wall Street is now technically in a correction, having fallen more than 10 per cent from its Profit Takers Hit Ords
Saturday December 11, 1999
Profit taking in leading industrial stocks and weaker commodity prices overnight deprived the sharemarket of securing a record high yesterday, as volumes started to shrink in the lead-up to Christmas. The All Ordinaries Index was less than 10 points short of a record at the close of trade on ThurNews Archive
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