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Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... and banking sectors. Markets were also tracking the latest developments surrounding Greece's standoff with the European Union in debt talks, as well as comments out of the Group of Seven summit in Germany. The CAC 40 in Paris lost 1.28 per cent to 4,857.66 ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... CMC market analyst Jasper Lawler. Officials in Athens said Thursday they hoped to conclude a deal with Greece's European Union-International Monetary Fund creditors by Sunday to unlock the final 7.2 billion euros ($7.8 billion) of bailout loan money ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... offshore demand. As the trade accounts show, exports to the US fell by 8% year-on-year in March, by 19% to the European Union and by 25% to Japan. And why? It's the yuan, that's why. It's pegged to the surging US dollar. Back in March last year, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... little higher despite European markets closing slightly off after disappointing bailout package talks between the European Union and Greece. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 5,833. Greece has rejected ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... eurozone -- what is being dubbed a "Grexit". The country's new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will visit three European Union capitals next week to push the government's agenda for a renegotiated deal on its multi-billion-euro bailout, his office ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... attractive yield in a low return environment." Looking abroad will be another key trend in 2015. Lower valuations in the European Union and Japan are likely to attract long term focused investors, while "any stock exposed to the United States economy ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... the EC's fresh initiative to breathe life into the region's comatosing economy. The Juncker plan, according to European Union (EU) VP Jyrki Katainen, is designed "to crowd in more private investment in order to make real investments a reality". There ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... and in Paris the CAC 40 jumped 1.89 per cent to 4,208.42 points. The gains erased losses posted Tuesday after the European Union slashed its economic forecasts for the eurozone. But equity markets brushed off news of sliding retail sales across the eurozone ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... exports slowed and imports remained flat from the previous month. LONDON - European markets fell sharply after the European Union slashed its economic forecasts for the eurozone, while the energy sector sank on plunging oil prices. London's FTSE 100 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,985.54, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 16.6 (0.36 per cent) at 4,575.21. The US and European Union unveiled new sanctions on Russian banking and energy companies, a plan that was immediately attacked by Russian President Vladimir ...