Tag: dollar

1h agoTue 3 Sep 2024 at 9:59pm Market snapshot ASX 200 futures: -1.1% to 7,971 points Australian dollar: Flat at 67.12 US cents S&P 500: -2.1% to 5,528 points Nasdaq: -3.2% to 17,136 points FTSE: -0.7% to 8,298 points EuroStoxx: -0.9% to 519 points Spot gold: -0.2% to $US2,492/ounce Brent crude: -4.9% to $US73.72/barrel Iron...

An extraordinary and thought-provoking read from our colleagues at Reuters about New Zealand’s economic data. It suggests the long term running-down of Stats NZ — the Kiwi equivalent of the Australian Bureau of Statistics — lead to a “data fog” that left the country’s central bank “flying blind”. Some of the key hits: NZ struggles...

Good morning and welcome to another week on the ABC markets and finance blog. Stephen Letts from ABC business team limbering up for blow-by-blow coverage of the day’s events, where every post is hopefully a winner, but none should be construed as financial advice. The ASX looks like having a fairly torpid start to the...

17h agoFri 30 Aug 2024 at 12:45am Market snapshot ASX 200: +0.58% to 8,091 points (close) Australian dollar: +0.09% at 68.03 US cents S&P 500: flat at 5,591 points Nasdaq: -0.2% to 17,516 points FTSE: +0.4% to 8,379 points EuroStoxx: +0.7% to 524 points Spot gold: +0.04% to $US2,522/ounce Brent crude: +0.48% at $US80.32/barrel Iron...

Qantas has also reached an in-principle agreement with the Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia (FAAA) on a number of pay claims. Qantas and the FAAA have both issued press releases about it this morning, so I’ll summarise both here. For context, in December 2023 the Albanese Government passed their ‘Same Job Same Pay‘ legislation which...

1h agoTue 27 Aug 2024 at 9:38pm Market snapshot ASX 200 futures: -0.4% to 7,996 points Australian dollar: Flat at 67.92 US cents S&P 500: +0.2% to 5,626 points Nasdaq: +0.2% to 17,755 points FTSE: +0.2% to 8,345 points EuroStoxx: +0.2% to 519 points Spot gold: +0.3% to $US2,525/ounce Brent crude: -2% to $US79.80/barrel Iron...

49m agoTue 27 Aug 2024 at 12:39am Market snapshot ASX 200: +0.16% to 8,097 points (live values below) Australian dollar: Flat at 67.71 US cents S&P 500: -0.3% to 5,616 points Nasdaq: -0.9% to 17,725 points FTSE 100: +0.5% to 8,327 points EuroStoxx 50: -0.3% to 4,396 points Spot gold: -0.04% to $US2,515/ounce Brent crude:...

There’s a deluge of results this week – more than 20% of the ASX by our reckoning – including widely held stocks such as BHP, Woodside, Coles, Woolworths, Wesfarmers and Qantas. Monday: Regis Healthcare, Viva Energy, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, NIB, Tyro Payments, Pilbara Minerals, Endeavour Group, Event Hospitality Tuesday: BHP, Woodside, Worley, Cooper Energy,...

Yesterday we heard from oOH Media, Ampol, GWA Group, Iress, Sims, Bluescope, Suncorp, Lend Lease and GPT as part of the process where listed companies reveal their financial details for the past year — and make forecasts for the coming one. This isn’t an exhaustive list of ASX companies reporting this week, but here goes...