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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... China, which lifted hopes for strong earnings from other large Chinese lenders. However, analysts said concerns over eurozone sovereign debt, the nuclear crisis in Japan and unrest in Libya will continue to weigh on investors. WELLINGTON - Fletcher Building's ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... Zealand, tensions in the MENA region, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incident in Japan and revived worries over Eurozone debt, and monetary policy tightening in emerging economies, led by China. One of these events alone is enough for investors ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters over the eurozone debt crisis. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares lost 97.05 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 5,598.23 points. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... volatile trade Friday after a huge earthquake in Japan, the world's third-largest economy, as dealers also tracked a eurozone summit and unrest in the Arab world. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares shed 0.29 percent to 5,828.67 points, while in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... closely tied to Chinese buying -- led the losing sectors. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets retreated on Thursday as eurozone debt fears sparked by a credit downgrade to Spain overshadowed news of positive company earnings, traders said. London's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... safe-haven investment. Safe-haven sentiment also sent the Swiss franc to a new record high of 0.9202 francs to the dollar. Eurozone bond rates continued to rise Wednesday amid expectations of future interest rate hikes and inflation fears. At 1700 GMT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... the Ifo institute, with analysts cheering the results and hailing an exceptional rebound in Europe's top economy. Also eurozone manufacturing and service activity in February hit levels last seen in July 2006 but inflation, an increasing concern, also ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... point in the economic cycle when recovery in the developed economies remain fragile and as in the case for the UK and the Eurozone - fiscal policy is being tightened. And just imagine if central banks raise and lower interest rates at every twist and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... trading day, while in Frankfurt the DAX gained 0.34 per cent to end at 7,396.63 points. Traders also reacted to news that eurozone industrial output fell for the first time in three months in December, when harsh winter weather hit production in Germany ...