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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... fell in April - to 47.4 points, compared with analysts' forecasts for a slight uptick to 49.3 from last month's 49.1. The Stoxx 50 index of 50 European blue chips closed down 2.9 per cent, with financial stocks hit hardest. Germany's DAX 30 ended 3.4 ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... was only a softer tone. Really? Wall Street closed higher, European stocks were down, but by just a flimsy 0.04% (DJ/Euro Stoxx-50), the Nikkei-225 and the S&P/ASX 200 both fell by 0.4% - not outside the realm of their daily heartbeats. As for commodities ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... has always been with anything to do with Greece. The uncertainty hit a high point Tuesday last week, pulling the DJ Euro Stoxx index down by 3.4% - its biggest one-day drop since November last year. What happens in Greece... However, America wasn't so ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... dropped by more than 200 points while we were sleeping but this was a mere 1.6% slip, less than half the 3.4% the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 lost overnight. So my money is on Europe. And yes, it's all about Greece again and the possibility that it may default ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... S&P 500 index did - up 0.62% from down 0.47% the previous day. And so did, the Nasdaq. And European equities, the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 surged by 1.5% at the close of last night's activity, completely making up for the previous night's 0.3% dip - and then ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... one that's little affected by the European sovereign debt crisis? What? What? What? Speaking of which, even the DJ Euro Stoxx index - the benchmark for the region in crisis which is widely expected to go into recession (if it's not there yet) - has done ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... market certainly thinks so. To date, the Athex Composite price index has risen by close to 20%, outperforming the DJ Euro Stoxx index's 9.5% rise over the same period. And oh, the yield on its 10-year bonds has also come down by more than 200 bips from ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... in three years and the fifth consecutive month of decline in the jobless rate. There were cheers all around. The DJ Euro Stoxx-50 index closed 1.5% higher and the FTSE-100 jumped by 1.8%, ignoring reports that Greece and its creditors are still refusing ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... look of it, European equities weren't spooked either. At the time the "IMF slash" was splashed on the headlines, the DJ Stoxx-50 Index had already been coming off their intra-day lows. Did the scary headline did anything? If it did, it wasn't evident ...