Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Falls, Led by Origin; Woodside Climbs
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index fell for a third day. Origin Energy Ltd. declined after New Zealand&#39;s Contact Energy Ltd.
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Business & money: Â· Exposure to turbulence not as high as feared  Â· But depressed share price may mean losing ABN bid
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S&amp;P 500 misses a record close after the former Fed chairman worries investors with comments about China.
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A sharp slide in global metals  markets hammered industrial and mining stocks such as JFE  Holdings and BHP Billiton Thursday, while oil prices crawled  back toward record highs.
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index advanced for a third day and was heading for a record close. Foodland Associated Ltd. rose after full-year earnings climbed 19 percent, helped by one-time gains.
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The leading share index fell below 6,000 points for the first time since August 2007, with mining issues the biggest casualties amid fears of a global economic slowdown, dealers said Wednesday.
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THE Australian market was dragged down by a sharp drop in insurance giant Axa Asia Pacific Holdings to close lower yesterday. The benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index finished 10.
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European and Asian markets fell again Monday, extending their slide into a second week as investors worried about a possible global slowdown and dumped stocks that had surged in recent weeks. U.S. stocks fell after trying to steady themselves.
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Stocks suffered their worst one-day slide in more than eight months on Tuesday, driving the blue-chip Dow average down almost 200 points, after China's main equity index plunged on concerns that share valuations there had become overextended.
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Asian stocks tumbled anew on Friday  after the latest salvo of sour signals about the U.S. economy  pummeled Wall Street, sending the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX)  sprawling 3 percent lower to a 15-month nadir.
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Stock markets took another hit on Wednesday as European equities ended lower, after indices plunged overnight in Asia and the US.
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index had its biggest drop in three months, led by BHP Billiton, on concern record high oil prices will slow global economic growth and demand for commodities.
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Sharp falls in Anglo American and miner Gold Fields pushed South Africa&#39;s benchmark JSE Top-40 index 1.7 percent lower on Monday.
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Shares from Sydney to London sank for a second day on Tuesday, dragging commodity prices with them and promising a woeful start for Wall Street as investors dumped assets exposed to the risk of a global economic slowdown.
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down - against other major currencies. The tumble has helped the portfolios of some fortunate Americans by bolstering the returns of their foreign stocks and bonds.
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THE AUSTRALIAN stock market could open weaker today, reflecting Friday&#39;s late slump in US trading. A downturn would contrast markedly with the expectations of local traders who went home for the weekend believing
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Australia&#39;s stock index fell for the first day in 10. BHP Billiton led mining companies lower on concerns demand for commodities will drop after the Chinese government signaled it would cut spending to slow growth.