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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... program. The euro jumped to just above the $1.28 mark before retreating back to $1.2788 from $1.2629 on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets surged and the euro broke the 100-yen barrier after the European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled a plan to buy troubled ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... from $US1.2600 late in New York on Wednesday. The dollar rose to 78.91 Japanese yen from 78.38 on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets and the euro rose ahead of a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting. Tokyo edged up 0.01 per cent, or 0.75 points, to ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... all this before? The Australian economy had been through a lot since 1991 - the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the Asian currency crisis and Russian debt default, GST, September 11, US recession, GFC, Greece - and yet, it's continued to grow... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... compared with $US1.2564 late in New York on Tuesday on prospects the ECB would soon intervene on the bond markets. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped further following losses in Europe and on Wall Street after a third straight monthly contraction in US ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... decades - been caught up in the 1987 Crash, bought bargains during the 1990/91 recession, made some dough in the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, stayed the course during 9/11, bought bargains during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, nearly lost all the gains ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... and Milan down 0.29 per cent. The euro fell to $US1.2562, compared with $US1.2593 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell but the euro rose as attention turned to a European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting later in the week, with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... government from region Andalusia. The euro rose to $US1.2598 on Monday, from $US1.2576 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after more weak Chinese manufacturing data fuelled hopes for a fresh round of monetary easing by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... Milan rallied 2.16 per cent. The euro rose to $US1.2587, compared with $US1.2504 in New York late on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell as a weak set of Japanese economic figures sent Tokyo diving while dealers looked ahead to a speech by Federal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... for the fifth month in a row in August in a further sign that Europe's recent growth engine is losing steam. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell on Thursday after Wall Street closed flat in response to a mixed bag of US economic data, with trade cautious ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... per cent and Milan lost 0.33 per cent despite a debt auction in which Italy's borrowing costs fell sharply. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday, with attention turning to a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the week ...