澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-18(在线收听) |
The local share market has lost ground everyday this week, falling today on another oil price slide. The benchmark West Texas Crude Price fell back more than 4% to $46.32 a barrel overnight. The All Ords fell 32 points by the close of trade or 0.6% lower. The ASX 200 lost the same amount. Despite losses on the broader market, the mining sector made gains today. BHP added 0.5% while gold miner Newcrest put on almost seven, but energy companies Woodside and Oil Search lost around 2.5% and 1% respectively. Checking elsewhere in the region now, Japan’s Nikkei is losing ground as is the Hang Seng. They are both down…The Hang Seng off 196 points there. And the Australian dollar is still rallying. It’s currently fetching 82.3 US cents. The Swiss Central Bank called investors by surprise overnight, announcing it’s no longer going to cap the exchange over the Swiss Franc against the euro. This has now supercharged expectations of another round of stimulus for the euro zone economy. The decision has also been termed Frank Gaden on social media. Now the Swiss currency rose strongly against the euro in response. On the zone, share markets closed down 8.7%. |
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