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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... rose 4.24 per cent, Brussels 2.8 per cent, Madrid 2.77 per cent, Swiss stocks 2.5 per cent and Lisbon 2.16 per cent. The Athens stock exchange's main index closed up 7.98 per cent, cheered by government pledges to speed up privatisation and reforms days ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... surged and on Tuesday the Swiss central bank sprang a surprise, setting a target "peg" exchange rate against the euro. Athens raised short-term funds at reduced rates, but Greece and also Italy are at the centre of renewed tension over the eurozone debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... 5,613.42 points. In Madrid, the Ibex-35 tumbled 5.49 per cent and in Milan, the FTSE MIB fell sharply by 6.65 percent. In Athens, the Athex index closed down by 1.80 per cent and in Lisbon the PSI-20 index lost 1.25 per cent. In Amsterdam, the AEX index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... drive. Elsewhere in Europe, Madrid slipped 0.36 per cent to its lowest level since April 2009 as Milan rose 0.52 per cent, Athens eased 0.19 per cent and Lisbon fell by 0.99 per cent. Amsterdam rose 1.30 per cent, Brussels gained 2.80 per cent and Switzerland ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... as political leaders and bankers in the Greek debt talks remained unable to agree on how to avert an outright default by Athens, and as worries had also spread to the heavily indebted Italy. Friday's announcement that the US economy had produced almost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... euro climbed to its highest point in nearly a month against the dollar in early trade as fears over a possible default by Athens made way for expectations of a rate rise by the European Central Bank (ECB) this week. Traders were spooked in the afternoon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose on Thursday after Greek MPs passed a key package of swingeing cuts aimed at helping Athens avoid catastrophic default. The news, which came amid clashes between protesters and police in Athens, also sent the euro ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... austerity measures (if Parliament decides to pass the plan tomorrow night). Never mind the angry mob rioting on the streets of Athens, for without the 12 billion euro lifeline from the 'troika' - EU/ECB/IMF - even the Greek Parliamentarians won't get ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... while in Frankfurt the DAX gained 0.88 per cent to 7,170.43, and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 1.46 per cent to 3,851.89. The Athens stock market shared in the optimism, jumping 2.66 per cent. Elsewhere in Europe, Lisbon drifted up 0.02 per cent, Swiss ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... investors welcomed encouraging news from European on progress toward staving off a potentially destabilising default by Athens. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 108.98 points (0.91 per cent) to close at 12,043.56. The broader S&P 500 climbed 11.65 ...