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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... index of leading shares closed 91.58 points lower, by 1.73 per cent, at 5,211.29 points. The Stoxx 50 index of leading eurozone companies fell 1.97 per cent to 2,675.02 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX was down 111.18 points, by 1.8 per cent, at 6,075.13. ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... tortured US economic data. However, I don't think anybody could make Europe confess. Not with the latest report that Eurozone GDP expanded by 1 per cent in the second quarter - the fastest in four years. Not with Germany recording its best quarterly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... time, a Bank of England growth downgrade for the British economy added to the negative tone and offset recent strong eurozone figures. Second quarter German growth figures, due on Friday and which are expected to be very good, will be closely examined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... the health of the financial sector. Data also showed US manufacturing growth slowed less than expected in July, while eurozone manufacturing accelerated in the month, helping ease concerns about the health of the global economy. HONG KONG - Hong Kong ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... will be proud. Europe it's turning inside out Yeah! Crisis? What crisis? Markit Economics reported last night that its Eurozone index of manufacturing activity jumped to 56.7 in July - a three-month high - from 55.6 in the previous month. This is due ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... far in the second-quarter reporting season..." There was also good news out of Europe last night. Crisis? What crisis? Eurozone business and consumer confidence rose to 101.3 in July - the highest since March 2008 - from 99 in the previous month. Likewise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... confident than just a few weeks ago when investors fretted over Europe's debt crisis and the health of its banks. A rise in eurozone business and consumer confidence to its highest level in more than two years bolstered sentiment in early trade and then ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... closed up 24.58 points at 20,839.91. Turnover was $HK54.87 billion ($A7.83 billion). Analysts said concerns over the eurozone's debt crisis had largely been allayed following stress tests on European banks. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed up 0.65 per ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... looks unusually certain. The Markit Economics composite purchasing managers index of services and manufacturing in the Eurozone rose to 56.7 in July from 56 in the previous month. This is better than expectations for a fall to 55.5. And while in Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... that the outlook for the US recovery was "unusually uncertain". Market players also pointed to indications of strong eurozone private sector activity in July and an increase in industrial orders in May from April. Most of the gains in Europe occurred ...