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Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... elections, offsetting support for the drinks and banking sectors. Markets were also tracking the latest developments surrounding Greece's standoff with the European Union in debt talks, as well as comments out of the Group of Seven summit in Germany. ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Asia, especially in lower volatility countries like South Korea; and a negative view on Europe, where the outcome from Greece's debt crisis remains uncertain. The strategy is unique in that it was built for the Australian market. Unusually, it launched ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... problem." -J. Paul Getty Try 240 billion euros or $272 billion J. Paul - the total amount of bailout money extended to Greece thus far -- a,-300 million of which is due the IMF tonight (although latest reports say that Athens would repay the entire a,-1.6 ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Ordinaries index was down 77 points, or 1.38 per cent, at 5,511.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have tumbled due to unease over Greece, volatility in the bond market and worries about growth after the IMF cut its US economic forecast. The Dow Jones ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... indicated it planned to carry through with its stimulus measures, while ignoring high-risk brinkmanship over a deal to prevent Greece from defaulting. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed on Wednesday up 0.32 per cent at 6,950.46 ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Is there? Is there not? A deal between 'the institutions' and Greece? It's a mere three winks away to crunch time and yet, there's still conflicting news on whether or not 'the institutions' would give Athens the euros it needs to repay one of 'the ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Germany all fell as Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem told Dutch television, "we're still nowhere far enough" in talks with Greece. Friday is the deadline for Greece to repay more than 300 million euros ($A431 million) to the International Monetary ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... at 11,436.05 points. "European equity markets traded mixed during the first session of the month, as concerns regarding Greece's debt issues continue to weigh on market sentiment," said Myrto Sokou, senior research analyst at Sucden Financial. "Greece ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... confidence index to 90.7 from 95.9 in April. The market was also being cautious going into the weekend with no deal in sight in Greece's crunch bailout talks with official creditors. "The consumer confidence and the Chicago PMI plunged a bit, and I think ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Average dropped 0.2 per cent and Frankfurt's DAX 30 index fell 0.79 per cent as the tense stand off between heavily indebted Greece and its creditors hung over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations in Germany. Locally on Friday ...