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Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... of speculations, debates, dissents, deliberations and delays on the whole issue of QE - and he over-delivered. The Euro Stoxx-50 index jumped by another 1.6% overnight (taking its year-to-date gain to 5.7%) the euro closed 2.1% lower to US$1.1366 (and ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... promised to reverse austerity measures and un-cooperate with Greece's EU/IMF benefactors - might win. This sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index down by 2.6% and the broader Stoxx-600 off by 2.2% overnight. Bad news, they say, come in threes. Here's the third ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling month after month after month since December last year. The Euro Stoxx 50 index gained 1.2% overnight as did Spain's IBEX-35; the CAC-40 went up by 0.9% and Italy's MIB index closed 0.7% higher. ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... we got last night. The euro reversed its decline, so did euro bond yields and European equity indices dropped. The Euro Stoxx-600 index dropped by 2.4%, Germany's DAX index dropped by 2.0%, France's CAC-40 index dropped by 2.8%, Italy's FTSE MIB dropped ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped by 0.8%, the Euro Stoxx 600 drooped by 0.5%, the FTSE-100 declined by 0.9% -- investors might just be waiting for the opening bell to take the All ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... government is ready to take flexible action if needed, Economy Minister Akira Amari said today..." (Bloomberg). The Euro Stoxx 50's happy - up 1.1% at the close - because the DAX's happier - up 1.4% -- despite data showing that inflation in the biggest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... index shed 0.45 per cent to 6,567.36 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 inched down 0.05 per cent at 4,147.81 points. The Stoxx Europe 600, which tracks a basket of companies from across Europe, closed at its lowest point since late March. The euro climbed ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... sterilising the liquidity injected under the Securities Markets Programme." European equity markets jumped with joy! The Stoxx-50 index closed up 0.9% with the German DAX surging to an intra-day record high while and benchmark indices in Paris, Milan ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... finished the month in the green. Movin' on up. The S&P 500 index finished May 2.1% on the up (to a new record high); the Stoxx 600 up 1.9% (to 6-year highs); the FTSE-100 up 1.0%; the Nikkei-225 index up 2.3%; the Shanghai Composite up 0.6%. Even the ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... the VIX). But looking at the performance of the equity markets so far this year, investors appear not to be convinced: The Stoxx 600 index is up by just 4.1%; S&P 500 up by a mere 2.8%; the FTSE-100's up by 0.99%; and the Nikkei-225 down by 11.2% (but ...