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Market Dives As Investors Take Fright At Prospect Of Lower Growth
Tuesday November 21, 2006
FEARS of a slowdown in consumer spending in the US in the run-up to Christmas, and its knock-on effect on Asian exporters and the Australian commodity stocks that fire the furnaces, pushed the market to its biggest one-day fall in nearly three months.Stocks Rally Despite Worrying Signs
Saturday November 18, 2006
INCREASINGLY gloomy global forecasts on commodity prices and the biggest one-day fall in crude oil prices for a year did not dent investor confidence.Record As Banks Beat Oil Slip
Saturday November 4, 2006
STRONGER than expected earnings from National Australia Bank helped lift the market to another record high as a further fall in oil prices triggered a decline in commodity stocks.