Energy

WesTrac owner Seven Group is hoping to diversify into gas production through an opportunistic offer to a stricken Nexus Energy. Brokers are not entirely sold on the idea.

2014 is shaping up as the year that the world starts moving away from very low interest rates so the importance of supply and demand should re-emerge for commodities.

Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities sees a bottom having formed for Santos, suggesting upside potential.

Window dressing for the end of quarter was the name of the game on both Bridge Street and Wall Street this past 24 hours. Dow up 134. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

The Chartist reports STO weakness is pushing the stock towards an attractive technical entry point.

Wall Street appears set to end the March quarter about where it started. Dow down 4. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Brokers are now contemplating just what sort of dividend yields will be available from Australia’s burgeoning “new age” of LNG production.

Positive data was overridden by Russia worries and bond buying as Wall Street continues to struggle for direction. Dow down 98. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

It was another volatile session on Wall Street last night, this time finishing to the upside. Dow up 91. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)