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On Tuesday gold futures reached the highest level in almost three weeks due to uncertainty over Greece’s future in the euro zone if left-wing anti-austerity party Syriza win elections due to be held later this month...
Following overseas bourses lower on a fall in oil prices, the Australian market has lost around $25 billion in value today. The price of West Texas crude oil declined to near-six-year lows below $US50 a barrel, before settling just above that mark. Singapore's Tapis crude also fell to $US54...
There is a growing speculation that the central bank of Western Europe's biggest oil producer will have to cut rates again, as oil dips below $55 a barrel...
Greece’s political crisis and a decline in equities spurred demand for gold as an alternative asset, pushing it up for the second straight session...
On Monday the euro dipped against the dollar after data showing German inflation fell to a five year low in December added to pressure on the European Central Bank to implement quantitative easing measures...
On Monday U.S. stock index futures fell as volume returned to markets after the New Year holiday, with energy shares sliding again as crude prices fell to fresh 5-1/2 year lows, as Reuters reports...
Falling oil prices and investors' concern over Greece’s membership of the single-currency union outweighed speculation of increased European Central Bank incentive pushing European stocks down on Monday...
"The market was divided over when the ECB (European Central Bank) would undertake QE (quantitative easing)," David Forrester, a foreign-exchange strategist at Macquarie, said...
On Friday the FTSE 100 started the year on a pessimistic note, sliding 0.3% to close at 6,547. Property companies were among the worst performers...
As investors assessed Greece’s political crisis, including the possible exit from the euro zone, with diverging central-bank policies in the U.S and Europe, the gold extended its gains from a one-month low, as Bloomberg reports...