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U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday as
an assassination in Pakistan sparked fears of global unrest, while an
analyst warning of larger mortgage-related write-offs pressured
financial shares.

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THE Australian sharemarket closed in the red yesterday for the seventh consecutive session as cautious investors remained sidelined over concerns about the global credit outlook.

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THE Australian sharemarket plunged 3.5 per cent yesterday after a profit downgrade from Centro Properties Group caused the biggest one-day fall in four months and wiped $53 billion from the value of the bourse.

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The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on Monday after United States markets were pushed down on Friday by higher-than-expected inflation figures.
"I expect the Australian stock market to open well down on Monday, down about 60 points, after significant falls by US markets following the release of higher-than-expected consumer price inflation figures which damped investor expectations for further interest rate cuts early in 2008," MFS Investment Management Ltd chief executive Guy Hutchings said.

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Wall Street investors encountered erratic trading, with the Dow 175 points higher at one stage and then falling back to be 60 points in deficit before finishing in front.
It follows yesterday's wipeout of 294 points and the key index rose 41 points.
The S&P 500 added 9 and the Nasdaq Composite 19.
News that the Federal Reserve has taken further steps to ease the credit crunch at one stage looked to be good for the market but then the rot set in the last hour of business.
The Fed has joined with four other major central banks to announce a series of measures designed to inject added cash into global money markets in hopes of thawing a credit freeze that threatens their economies.

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THE Australian sharemarket finished down slightly yesterday in generally quiet trading as investors sat tight ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting this week.

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BANKING majors including Goldman Sachs, UBS and JP Morgan are sniffing around BHP Billiton, speculating that a merger with Rio Tinto might lead BHP to float or sell off its petroleum assets into a separate $80 billion company.

Rio has no petroleum interests and its chief executive Tom Albanese is unimpressed with oil and gas.

Markets are speculating that BHP could combine its Australian petroleum assets with those of Woodside.

With BHP's petroleum operations valued at about $50 billion and Woodside's market capitalisation of more than $30 billion, the combined company, at $80 billion, would be among Australia's largest.

"The majors are just salivating that this could come off," said one Perth-based analyst who asked not to be named.

"It would rank in the top 20 of global oil and gas businesses and give Australia real clout."

In a merged BHP/Rio, the petroleum division would account for only around 10 per cent of the total combined business.

One possibility being discussed is an initial public offering that would have BHP, Woodside and Shell, a 34 per cent shareholder in Woodside, as foundation investors with a proportion of the entity listed on the Australian stock exchange.

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AFTER a day of fluctuations - down 30 points, up five - the sharemarket finished just about square for the second day in a row, except yesterday it closed slightly lower , dragged down by the two big miners.

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THE Australian stockmarket is expected to open flat today, with little direction from Wall Street as US investors grapple with the probability of another interest rate cut.