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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... positive data from Europe and Japan. News of a reduction in British borrowing costs and a stronger-than-expected gain in eurozone industrial production gave European stocks a boost. The London FTSE 100 index added 38.45 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 5,202.13 ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... markets welcomed the ECB's raised economic projections for the region. The European Central Bank (ECB) predicts that the Eurozone economy will grow by around 1 per cent in 2010 instead of 0.8 per cent. Big deal again! Especially given that the following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... 19,487.48. Turnover was $HK43.66 billion. But analysts said the index will face strong resistance due to concerns about eurozone debt problems. Contract handset maker Foxconn International tumbled 3.2 per cent to $HK5.48 after it said it agreed to increase ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... world, no man is... No one's still certain what the end game in Europe would be - Greek default? Greece banished from the Eurozone? The Portugal, then Spain, then... European recession? Then global double dip? As the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... 7.5 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 3,507.56. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed flat after a mixed session weighed down by eurozone worries following Spain's credit rating downgrade, but bargain hunting lifted some exporters as the yen weakened. The headline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... set to open lower after Wall Street fell on Friday as a downgrade of Spain's credit rating added to worries about the eurozone's financial woes. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 42 points at 4,424 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... contracts traded. Macquarie Private wealth analyst Helen spencer said that reports that China would not cut its holdings of eurozone debt had boosted markets, especially financial stocks. "The biggest winners today are the financials," Ms Spencer said. ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... that its State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) met with foreign bankers to discuss reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth of foreign exchange reserves -- the world's biggest. The euro, equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... recent steep falls with the Dow surging almost 300 points after China brushed aside reports it was reviewing holdings of eurozone debt. The powerful rally came despite an unexpected downward government revision of first-quarter US economic growth and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market had pulled back at noon with continuing concerns over eurozone debt levels, though mining stocks were strong. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.2 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,298 points, while the ...