Financial Markets, Stocks & Commodities

Australian reports

• Aust markets: Aust shares sink ahead of US data
• Aust dollar report: $A trades in tight range ahead of US data
• Aust credit close: Aust bonds up slightly ahead of jobs data

World reports

• World commodities: Commodities markets summary
• World markets: Jobs report lifts Dow to pre-GFC levels

Stocks to watch

AUN, TLS, CMJ, MMW, PAN, PMP, WBC,

Greek unions, employers reject wage cuts

Greeks have rejected wage cuts, which have emerged as a major sticking point in negotiations to save the country from going bankrupt.

US unemployment rate down to 8.3 per cent

The US economy created 243,000 net jobs in January, the most in nine months, and the unemployment rate fell two ticks.

Whitehaven mines closed due to wet weather

Coal miner Whitehaven has closed four of its mines in NSW because of recent heavy rainfall, which has also prevented workers travelling to another mine.

US stocks cheer strong jobs data

NEW YORK, Feb 3 AFP 4:20PM A strong January jobs report on Friday sent US stocks soaring, pushing the Dow to pre-crisis levels, as investors celebrated a surge in job growth that pointed to new vitality in t...

Overseas Stocks - Feb 4

AAP 10:46AM NEW YORK:Abbott Labs 55.00, Abercrombie 40.51, Adobe Systems 31.85, Advanced Micro 7.08, Advantest Corp 11.88, Aetna Inc 44.11, AFLAC Inc 49.98, AK Steel 8.79, Alcatel-Lucent 1.95,...

London Metals Bulletin - Feb 3

AAP 10:10AM LME AFTERNOON UNOFFICIAL PRICESMETAL CASH 3 MONTHS 15 MONTHS 27 MONTHSCOPPER 8497.0/8502.0 8520.0/8525.0 8545.0/8555.0 8460.0/8470.0TIN ...