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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... deficit and debt supported sentiment, suggesting that the EU will back Greece to find a way out of a crisis threatening the eurozone's credibility. A solid lead from New York, where investors welcomed a recent spurt of takeover activity, helped European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... future of Greek public finances. Market sentiment was also shaken by data pointing to a fragile economic recovery in the eurozone and news that eurozone business and consumer confidence had fallen in February for the first time in 11 months. In London ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... it or sink' kinda deal - no ifs, buts and wherefores. This has to be done to serve as a warning to other high deficit Eurozone-member countries. But this was not what financial markets were watching last night. Perhaps, like you and I, they have had ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... the euro - their value getting an extra kick from speculators piling in to get hold of paper minted in Japan and the Eurozone. While many are still enamoured with the yen, many are falling out of love with the euro. The euro marked its tenth birthday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... rose 6.12, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,183.53. LONDON - European stock exchanges inched ahead on Monday in cautious trading as eurozone ministers held talks that investors hope will yield concrete measures to help Greece overcome its financial crisis. In Brussels ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... billions of euros to salvage Greece. Around 53 per cent of polled Germans would rather have Greece expelled from the Eurozone instead. What happened to love thy neighbour? Why should they? When they have their own problems. Flash estimates of German ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... a group of countries using the euro. The point is Greece will be saved. The rest of the PIGS will be saved. It is the Eurozone's best interest that they are saved. Greece may not be too big to fail, but it could contaminate. Laws, regulations and limitations ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... to be forced to buy the "lesser evil". UK bonds? It's in the same boat as the US, they will rise or sink together. The Eurozone? Not with the headlines the PIGS are getting these days. Barclays Capital reported that Portugal's external liabilities are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... points, or 0.74 per cent, at 2,141.12 points. LONDON - European shares fell on Friday on fears over mounting debts in the eurozone. The benchmark FTSE 100 index slid 78.39 points, or 1.53 per cent, to finish at 5,060.92 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... per cent, at 1,063.11. LONDON - European stocks plunged on Thursday as investor fears over rising debt levels in some eurozone member states became more acute and US data offered scant hope for a recovery in the jobs market there. London's benchmark ...