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Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... in the equity markets of the region most affected by the EU's unexpected but welcomed "agreement" announcement. The Euro Stoxx 50 finished 5.0% up on the day, Spain's Ibex 35 index surged by 5.7% and Italy's FTSE MIB index rocketed by 6.6%. Even the ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... buried themselves in, why have stock markets fallen by only so much. The S&P 500 closed 1.6% lower last night and the Euro Stoxx 50 ended 2.6% down. Sure, Spanish and Italian stocks tumbled by more -- 3.7% and 4.0%, respectively -- and Athens sank by ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... Street ended flat with the Dow down 0.2% and the S&P 500 up 0.1%. However, it was more sinister in Europe with the Euro Stoxx 50 dropping by 1.2% at the close. At other times, financial markets would simply dismiss this as selling on news. But wait ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... good news. Here are the other indices in ascending order of worseness: FTSE100, down 7.3%, All Ords, down 7.5%; DJ Euro Stoxx, down 8.2%; Nikkei-225, down 10.3%. Third time unlucky. These are worse than their performance in May 2011 and almost as bad ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... that despite the headline grabbing ups and downs in the equity markets of the past few days, the S&P 500 and the DJ Euro Stoxx index have virtually traded sideways since 18 May - the end of the two weeks of pain that started with the elections in France ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... in the eurozone and polls indicating a win for the pro-bailouters at the June elections were enough to send the DJ Euro Stoxx to finish last night's session with a 0.8% gain. Heck, even the Athens SE General index jumped by 1.9% overnight! Spain's IBEX ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... lesser austerity and a bit more growth? But I digress. Wall Street closed flat last night. Europe closed up with the DJ Euro Stoxx index 1.3% higher - nearly recovering last Friday's 1.8% loss. Is this the calm before a heavier storm or have financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... its banking system and avoid a new eurozone crisis also clouded trade, after pushing European markets lower -- the Euro Stoxx 50 blue-chip market fell 1.6 per cent Monday. LONDON - European stock markets fell Monday amid more bad news for indebted Spain ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... correct all along - that Europe's far from leaving the emergency ward. 'Twas an expensive reminder though with the Euro Stoxx 50 index dropping by 2.9% overnight. Wall Street's losses were more contained - the S&P 500 index closed down 0.84% after falling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... fell in April - to 47.4 points, compared with analysts' forecasts for a slight uptick to 49.3 from last month's 49.1. The Stoxx 50 index of 50 European blue chips closed down 2.9 per cent, with financial stocks hit hardest. Germany's DAX 30 ended 3.4 ...