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Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... whatever it takes to preserve the euro... believe me, it will be enough." Financial markets did. They believed him. The DJ Euro Stoxx 50 surged by 4.3% while we were sleeping, led by a 6.1% spike in Spanish stocks and a 5.6% jump in Italian shares. Wall ...

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 ...