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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... helped push Wall Street higher, setting the example for the European markets to follow in the afternoon. In London, the main FTSE 100 index closed 49.15 points higher, up 0.9 per cent, to 5,533.21 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX gained 41.32 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... the banks recovered after losses on Monday led by global banking giant HSBC after its disappointing 2009 results. The main FTSE 100 index closed up 78.12 points, or 1.45 per cent, at 5,484.06 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX rose 63.05 points, or 1.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... prices jumped sharply on fears of disruption to copper supplies after the devastating earthquake in Chile. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares finished up 51.42 points, or 0.96 per cent, at 5,405.94 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 added 115.05 ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
AMIST Super has become the first super fund to adopt the FTSE ASFA Australia after-tax benchmarks for its Australian equities managers. John Livanas, chief executive at AMIST Super, which has more than $280 million in invested in Australian equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... news that eurozone business and consumer confidence had fallen in February for the first time in 11 months. In London, the FTSE 100 index lost 64.69 points, or 1.21 per cent to close at 5,278.23 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 fell 83.18 points, or 1.48 ...

Longevity swaps to top £10bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Bernanke said the US economy faced a slow but steady recovery that would require ultra-low interest rates. London's main FTSE 100 index closed 27.83 points higher, by 0.52 per cent, at 5,342.92. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 added 11.44 points, or 0.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... deficit crisis and hit again on Tuesday by a credit downgrade on its four largest banks from ratings agency Fitch. The London FTSE 100 index shed 36.98 points, or 0.69 per cent, to close at 5,315.09. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 fell 84.37 points, or 1.48 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Germany and in the offing in Britain. The slide in Europe followed a bargain-hunting urge for Asian equities. The London FTSE 100 index shed 6.1 points, by 0.11 per cent, to 5,352.07. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 fell 33.61 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 5,688.44. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... territory following a US Federal Reserve decision to raise the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans. London's main FTSE 100 index gained 33.08 points, or 0.62 per cent, to finish at 5,358.17 points London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped ...