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While you were sleeping: Oil outlook still clouded

While you were sleeping: Oil outlook still clouded

By Margreet Dietz Feb. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rallied, even as a gain in oil prices fizzled, as investors found value in some beaten-down stocks. In 1.09pm New York trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.3 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index surg...

Margreet Dietz 16 Feb 2016
Dairy product prices slip, declining for fourth straight auction in 2016

Dairy product prices slip, declining for fourth straight auction in 2016

By Margreet Dietz Feb. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Dairy product prices fell in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, sliding for the fourth consecutive time in 2016, as concern about worldwide oversupply weighs on sentiment. The GDT average winning price decreased 2.8 percent to US...

Margreet Dietz 16 Feb 2016
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise with global rally on China, ECB; A2, Xero, Summerset gain

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise with global rally on China, ECB; A2, Xero, Summerset gain

By Jonathan Underhill Feb. 16 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose as part of a global rally underpinned by more stable Chinese equities and comments from the European Central Bank that it will do whatever it takes to underpin the regional economy. A2 Milk, Xero and Summer...