澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-08-10（在线收听） |
The Australian share market posted steep falls today following global markets lower. The main driver of the selling was the announcement by US President Barack Obama that the US will initiate airstrikes against assets in Iraq. By the close, the All Ords has slumped 1.33%. The ASX 200 Index recorded similar falls. Across the region, the sale down in Japan was very steep. The Nikkei lost 3%. Hong Kong’s market at the moment is fairly flat. Onto Wall Street, the Dow Jones retreated 0.5%. The S&P 500 Index was 0.6% lower. Malaysia’s Stake Investment Fund is taking the trouble Malaysia Airlines Private. The fund is paying 436 million US dollars to buy the more than 30% stake in the carrier it doesn’t already own. Malaysia Airlines will now be delisted from the country’s stock exchange. The state fund says it’s planning a major overhaul of the airline. Malaysia Airline has made heavy losses for the last three years even before the disappearance of MH 370 and the downing of MH 17 by missile in Ukraine.
The latest economic update from the Reserve Bank shows that the rebalancing of the economy are weighed for mining lead growth is taking longer than expected. The RBA has cut the economic forecast for this year and next by a quarter of a percent. The inflation forecast is also revised lower. And the bank repeated its belief that the jobless rate will remain high until 2016.
The Australian dollar continues to drop against the greenback in the wake of that statement from the RBA. Right now, it’s worth 92.5 US cents. |
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