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Afternoon Update: S&P/ASX 200 falls 0.62% as Energy sector weighs down

The S&P/ASX 200 is trading 0.62 per cent lower at 7,151.80. Futures The SPI futures are down 46 points. Best and worst performers The best-performing sector is Consumer Staples, up 0.19 per cent. The worst-performing sector is Energy, down 1.92 per cent. The best-performing large cap is Aristocrat Leisure (ASX:ALL), trading 2.95 per cent higher

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Delivering outperformance through global small companies investment

Ausbil’s Global SmallCap Portfolio Managers, Tobias Bucks and Simon Wood, discuss how they identify opportunities and the outlook for small companies going forward. Manny Anton: Hi, I’m Manny Anton for the Finance News Network, and today we are talking to Tobias Bucks and Simon Wood, who are the portfolio managers of Ausbil’s Global Small Cap Fund.

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Stocks of the Hour: QX Resources, Vintage Energy, Alderan Resources

QX Resources (ASX:QXR) announced that Bayrock Resources has confirmed highly encouraging nickel-copper mineralisation, some in thick intercepts, in eight drill holes within Bayrock’s Nickel-Copper Project In Northern Sweden. QXR has a 39% holding in Bayrock Resources. In response, QXR Managing Director Steve Promnitz commented: “today’s results confirm excellent mineralisation in a new area of interest,

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Minutes reveal more interest rate warnings and concerns over Chinese economy

The minutes from the final meeting, presided over by the recently retired Reserve Bank Governor, Philip Lowe, have sounded more warnings about potential interest rate rises. They also expanded on previous statements about the health of the Chinese economy. The minutes indicated that further interest rate increases might be necessary if inflation remains stickier than

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