International Business News - Markets http://www.ibtimes.com.au/markets/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com.au 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/ http://www.ibtimes.com.au/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif All eyes were on the statement from the FOMC early this morning. The committee kept the language of exceptionally easy monetary policy at which point the Dow rallied. 119654 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/fomc-decision-sparks-rally.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:57:33 GMT Asian markets are set to deliver a positive start on Wednesday. 119653 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/asian-markets-overview-of-march-17-2010-chuo-mitsui-tyo-8309-setting-up-real-estate-fund.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:31:00 GMT Australian economy is expected to continuously grow even strongly. Economic analysts anticipate the growth to be at par with the booming years when there was a high amount of resources. 119642 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/economy-expected-continuously-grow.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:12:28 GMT We are now in grind-up phase in the stock market while Asciano comes into favour, more media upgrades are occurring and the home builder survey continues. 119651 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/four-phases-of-asian-equity-markets.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:35:24 GMT According to Barclays Capital the market is underestimating Chinese oil demand growth, which it sees as supporting prices and eroding oil inventories. 119652 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/china-the-likely-source-of-oil-demand-upside.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:06:12 GMT Westpac-MI Leading Indicators suggest economic activity in Australia is accelerating. 119639 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/leading-indicators-suggest-oz-growth-accelerating.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:46 GMT DJS has announced 1H10 revenue of $1.09B, up 2.3% on pcp. The company improved its gross margin and decreased its Cost of Doing Business margin, which contributed to a 9.8% increase in Department Store EBIT to $126M. 119634 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/australian-company-updates.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:58:57 GMT European stocks ended higher on Tuesday, reversing all the previous session's losses after Standard & Poor's affirmed its credit ratings on Greece's debt, while energy shares tracked crude prices higher. 119633 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/european-stock-market-update.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:57:23 GMT Wall Street rose to a 17-month high on Tuesday after the Federal reserve held benchmark rates near zero and maintained its pledge to keep rates low for an extended period. 119632 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/us-market-update.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:56:30 GMT USD selling emerged as the key theme for the market overnight after the FOMC decided to leave official interest rates on hold. 119631 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/australian-dollar-outlook.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:53:32 GMT So the US markets march on with the S&P closing up 0.8% at 1159, the highest close since 1st Oct 2008. 119627 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/ig-markets-morning-prices.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:22:11 GMT The US Federal Reserve held its benchmark target rate at 0-0.25pct. 119626 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/australian-stock-market-report-morning.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:15:48 GMT U.S. stocks rose broadly Tuesday, with General Electric, Intel and Alcoa among the gainers, as the Federal Reserve reiterated its easy-money stance. 119625 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/morning-market-overview.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:14:44 GMT The Australian Dollar opens higher against the greenback today at 0.9180. 119624 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/daily-forex-forecast.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:12:55 GMT The Fed\'s broken record was enough to send the S&P through its 1150 resistance level last night. Dow up 43. 119640 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/the-overnight-report-play-it-again-ben.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:34:14 GMT Top risk concerns in 2010 reflect improving economy: Aon research reveals first rise in Total Cost of Insurable Risk in five years 119614 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/aon-top-risk-concerns.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:19:48 GMT The Australian share-market closed marginally higher today, although investors did pull back ahead of the US Federal Reserve's two day policy meeting. 119577 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/australian-stock-market-report-closing.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:27:08 GMT The Reserve Bank of Australia announced it has lifted the cash rate to 4% in early March following the release of two months of strong economic data which could indicate a positive trend in the coming months. 119569 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240861-stevens-governor-of-the-reserve-bank-of-australia-rba-givesspeech-in-central-sydney.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/rba-lifts-rate-toon-strong-growth-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/rba-lifts-rate-toon-strong-growth-data.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:56:08 GMT The ASX 200 again comes off the intra day high, really sturggling to hold the 4800 level. 119566 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/asx-200.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:34:41 GMT The market drifted today. With little by the way of leadership from overseas markets, there was a lack of momentum in the market. 119563 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/market-lacks-momentum-trading-mixed.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:35:40 GMT