Both the local and US markets are struggling to find an excuse to push meaningfully higher at present. Dow up 15. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
BlueScope’s first half result reflected the diversity in the business and brokers weigh up the positive and negative implications.
Yellen’s testimony has been taken to indicate a later rather than sooner US rate rise. Dow up 92. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
Wall Street eased last night as markets await Janet Yellen’s scheduled testimony. Dow down 23. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.
Greece requests a loan, not a bailout, as tonight’s deadline looms. Dow down 44. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
Copper becoming attractive; more gloom for iron ore pricing; coal languishes; Credit Suisse bearish on mineral sands.
The Fed minutes suggested no imminent rate rise, and Wall Street shrugged. Dow down 17. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
Greece has until Friday to ask for an extension, or…well that’s the big question. Dow up 28. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
It was all quiet on the market front last night with Wall Street closed, although tensions are high in Europe with regard what to do about Greece. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)