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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... 4,118, with 19,337 contracts traded. US stocks leapt two per cent on Friday sparked by the dramatic measures adopted in Brussels to stem the eurozone crisis and stimulate growth, giving the markets a strong end to a rocky first half. European stock markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
US stocks leapt two per cent on Friday sparked by the dramatic measures adopted in Brussels to stem the eurozone crisis and stimulate growth, giving the markets a strong end to a rocky first half. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 277.83 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... surrendered most of its early gains to close almost flat as local investors waited to see if European Union leaders meeting in Brussels would act to contain the euro zone's continuing debt problems. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.6 points, or ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Germany's refusal to underwrite its co-members debts and deficits and its co-members' refusal to give up sovereignty to Brussels -- that has stopped Europe from seeing the backside of this crisis. The bottom line is - surely you've read this many times ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... to have given up on the idea that something concrete and constructive would emerge out of the upcoming euro gabfest in Brussels. That's all it's going to be -- a gabfest -- like the others before it. Therefore, hoping and wishing and praying for something ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... 2,224.11 and Hong Kong closed 0.51 per cent, or 97.68 points, lower at 18,897.45. Attention has turned to the meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, where leaders will try to come up with a plan to support weaker economies and avoid economic collapse. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... the dollar after European leaders failed to agree a plan to save Greece from exiting the eurozone. While a summit in Brussels saw a pledge of support for Athens it highlighted divisions between France and Germany on dealing with the crisis that threatens ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Tokyo struggles to set the world's third-largest economy on a growth track. Attention is now on an informal meeting in Brussels on Wednesday where the crippling debt crisis that threatens the eurozone project will be top of the agenda. WELLINGTON - The ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... French economie with severe austerity as much as Monsieur Sarkozy does. It's back to the drawing board with Germany and Brussels if Hollande is elected Premier Ministre. No more Merkozy. C'e la vie. Holland. It's the austerity question too that's led ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... the DAX 30 rose 0.19 per cent to 7,157.82 points. Elsewhere, Amsterdam rose by 0.31 per cent, Milan by 0.52 per cent, Brussels by 0.94 per cent and Zurich by 0.14 per cent. Lisbon fell by 0.37 per cent. The European single currency rose sharply to $1.3179 ...