Daily FNArena News

Santos continues to lift its production profile, causing some brokers to lift their previously negative ratings on the stock.

The failure by DCA Group to win any of its contract tenders in the UK sent the share price down yesterday, UBS suggests the selling may have been overdone but others seeing few catalysts.

You don’t hear it very often, but China does more than feed Australia’s resources boom. It tempers global inflation figures as well.

Mineral Resources is the latest addition to the mining services sector, the shares enjoying a solid opening to trading today.

Brokers’ opinion remains divided as to whether the improved performance is sustainable.

UBS raises nickel and copper price forecasts, but cuts aluminium and alumina.

No cut in NZ interest rates is now expected until next year, although given the latest figures, it may be a little further away than previously expected.

DBS suggests the pressure to revalue the renminbi is coming not just from strong domestic growth, with the US likely to again step up its push to have the exchange rate adjusted.

While Australia faces at least one rate hike it is becoming more likely that the Fed will go on hold.

ANZ Bank has revised down its growth outlook for Indonesia, but ABN Amro suggests with monthly data showing signs of bottoming it might be time to start looking for opportunities.