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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... per cent on Friday, adding to the previous day's huge gains following coordinated action by six central banks to boost liquidity in financial markets. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was 38.13 points higher at 19,040.39 on turnover of HK$64.78 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... jump. The Australian market is already up six per cent so far this week, as top central banks agreeing to pump dollar liquidity into the international banking system to avert a global financial crisis. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said it had been ...

Big four banks downgraded

ELISE BURGESS, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... executive Cameron Clyne said NAB was still highly rated by global standards and well capitalised with strong funding and liquidity positions. Lyn Cobley, Commonwealth group treasurer, said the bank remained one of very few banks globally in the AA category ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... since June. LONDON - European shares slid, giving up some of the stellar gains after top central banks pumped dollar liquidity into the banking system to avert a global financial crisis. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies dipped 0.29 per cent to ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is up by ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... "The probability of multiple defaults by euro area countries is no longer negligible. In Moody's view, the longer the liquidity crisis continues, the more rapidly the probability of defaults will continue to rise." Italian yields hit 7.3% in an auction ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... are discussing ways to get around the Eurozone-imposed legal restrictions that is preventing the ECB from providing liquidity to combat the crisis. Rumours have it that the idea is for the ECB to the IMF - which is legally ok based on the ECB's mandate ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Pease. Pease also differentiates between the crises facing Italy and Greece, namely that the Italian issue is one of liquidity, not solvency. "This is a crucial distinction as a liquidity crisis can be calmed by the ECB, a problem of solvency (such as ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... relevance of Australia's financial markets." Introductory pricing for PureMatch will be 0.15 basis points (bps) for passive liquidity (resting orders) reduced to 0.05bps for participants reaching volume qualification thresholds and 0.15 bps for aggressive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... well down from the three-year high of 6.5 per cent posted in July, and boosted hopes the government will ease up on liquidity restrictions. Hong Kong was up 1.71 per cent, or 335.96 points, at 20,014.43 and Shanghai added 0.84 per cent, or 21.08 points ...