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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... resources have taken a big fat knock." Most European stock markets fell sharply on Friday and the euro lost ground, but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections there and in Greece. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... plunged 67.96 (2.25 percent) to 2,956.34. LONDON - Most European stock markets fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... than 1.4% in intra-day trade - as bargain hunters swooped. Hollande. Francois Hollande's win has forced (soon to be ex?) French President Nicolas Sarkozy into a run-off election in two week's time. Nothing wrong with that, except for the tiny matter ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... firmer after solid business confidence data from Germany and as investors looked ahead to a key IMF meeting and weekend French elections. In afternoon deals, London's FTSE 100 index gained 0.33 per cent to 5,763.55 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... firmer after solid business confidence data from Germany and as investors looked ahead to a key IMF meeting and weekend French elections. In afternoon deals, London's FTSE 100 index gained 0.33 per cent to 5,763.55 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Spanish debt at today's auction was 2.42 times the amount sold, compared with 2.17 at the Jan. 19 sale...". And for the French auction, "Total demand for the bonds was 2.6 times the amount sold, an increase from last month, French debt-management body ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... successful Spanish bond sale failed to allay fears over the eurozone debt crisis, dealers said. They said rumours of a French ratings downgrade - dismissed by government sources - rattled nerves and added to the downbeat tone after recent volatile trade ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... -1.8% -2.3% 12.2% S&P 500 1408.5 0.8% 3.1% 12.0% Hang Seng 20555.6 -0.5% -5.2% 11.5% S. Korea Kospi 2014 -0.6% -0.8% 10.3% French CAC 3423.8 -1.5% -0.8% 8.4% Dow Jones 13212 1.0% 2.0% 8.1% Jakarta Composite 4121.6 2.0% 3.4% 7.8% All Ordinaries 4420 1.4% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... and bad news leads kept investors in check. Dealers said eurozone data continued to be strong, with a surprise rise in French consumer confidence but in Germany, the bloc's powerhouse economy, it looked as though activity might be topping out after a ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... course. The ECB's LTRO Mark-II is working its wonders there. Interest rates on 10-year Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French bonds are going down. German ones were up a bit though. But this is also indicative that things are bettering in Europe - lesser ...