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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... stocks surged despite news that Moody's had downgraded Portugal's sovereign debt rating, sparking fresh concerns about the eurozone. Traders also took in their stride news of plunging investor confidence in eurozone powerhouse, Germany. In London the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... LONDON - European stock exchanges showed solid gains on Thursday as investors took heart from indications of a healthier eurozone banking sector and data suggesting an improvement in the US labour market. The London FTSE 100 index added 90.63 points ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... the amount it wants to borrow! Investors buying up more debt from a country that has the third biggest deficit in the Eurozone? What happened to the credit ratings downgrade and threats of more to come? Weren't the severe fiscal austerity measures that ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... future indications. China's Purchasing Manufacturers Index (PMI) fell to 52.1 in June from 53.9 in the previous month. The Eurozone's PMI fell to 55.6 from 55.8 in May and that for the UK slowed to 57.5 from 58. They might not be confirming a double-dip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... put investors in a selling mood. Stock market sentiment was gloomy, and indications from the European Central Bank that eurozone lenders were in reasonable financial shape failed to lift spirits. European news was dominated by Spain, which raised money ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... to open lower following a weak session in the US. US stocks extended losses on Wednesday on American unemployment and eurozone debt concerns, while precious and base metals and oil were down. Asian markets suffered sharp falls on Wednesday, while European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... recovery. Also weighing on sentiment, following declines in Asia, was a report that business activity growth in the 16-nation eurozone slowed in June for the second month in a row. In London, the FTSE 100 index shed 1.30 per cent, or 68.46 points, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... roller-coaster few months when share prices lurched lower as the Greek debt crisis unfolded and tainted many of its weaker eurozone peers, chief among them Spain. The Spanish bond issue on Thursday showed that Madrid could still raise money on the capital ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... industrial and manufacturing activity continues to support growth in the good ol' US of A. And despite its debt worries, Eurozone industrial production rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.8 per cent in April, taking the year-on-year expansion up by 9.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... to 9,887.89. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares ended flat as a late sell-off erased earlier gains. Renewed concerns about eurozone debt offset gains in China-related banks ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering. Moody's Investors Service ...