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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... money to Greece. The move raised confidence about Europe's ability to prevent its debt crisis from spreading to other economies, including the US. By afternoon however the upbeat mood faded and the euro fell. That sapped the stock market's strength. ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... about! How did it come to this? It's Greece. It's Portugal. It's Spain. It's all those profligate spending Eurozone economies. It's their fiscal irresponsibility. It's the Eurozone's uncohesive political governments. Or if you believe Greek Prime Minister ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... to a small gain by the close. Investors are looking at the euro as an indicator of confidence levels in the European economies. The 16-nation currency has been sliding on concerns that debt problems will undermine Europe's recovery, and in turn that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... after European markets and Wall Street suffered sharp falls in their last sessions on continuing concerns about European economies. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 79 points lower at 4,531 points. ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... Spain's deep fiscal spending cuts. But they were not awed. Sure, liquidity's back and money are now available to European economies that need them. But for some, Portugal and Ireland and Greece and Spain and Italy are far from being solvent. They could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... investors worried over the federal budget and the effectiveness of the $1 trillion bailout for debt-laden euro zone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 51.8 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4,548 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... the fiscal austerity measures show up in slower growth -- even a return to recession -- of highly indebted European economies and the threat of contagion to stronger economies once again rear its ugly head. And to pay their debt, highly indebted Eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per cent, to 4,565.6 points at 1201 AEST, while the broader ...

AFS deal raises Asian opportunities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... not be interested, but for others, this is about opening up to, for example, to Asia, which has the fastest growing economies in the world. That offers fantastic opportunities." Details will be filtering through in the coming months with the potential ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... string of local holidays, as more signs emerged that the fallout from the Greek debt crisis may spread to bigger European economies. The benchmark Nikkei fell 361.71 points, or 3.3 per cent, to 10,695.69 points, the biggest one-day percentage loss since ...