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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... tonnes over the following five years -- around 400 tonnes a year - collectively on 26 September 1999 under the first Central Bank Gold Agreement (followed by the 2nd Central Bank Gold Agreement on 8 March 2004 and the 3rd agreement on 7 September 2009 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... enjoyed large gains during the previous two days on growing expectations of an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank. At closing on Thursday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rose 0.17 per cent to 6,442.59 points. In Frankfurt, the ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... 15th month in April as the currency bloc struggled to emerge from a recession, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to do more to boost growth". Yup, same old, same old. While this latest update on the Eurozone gives the IMF's recent downgrade ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... competition," Burgess said. HSBC Global head of macro and investment strategy Philip Poole added that accommodative central bank policies would help boost corporate asset such as equities and corporate bonds, versus government-backed securities. "In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... rose at the end of a tough week for global equities and commodities as dealers keep an eye on a meeting of world central bank and finance chiefs in Washington. Investors seemed to brush off a second straight loss on Wall Street, while gold prices climbed ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... LONDON - European stocks ended flat or down, with disappointing US data erasing gains made on hints from a European Central Bank council member about a possible eurozone interest rate cut. Sentiment was also boosted after Germany's parliament approved ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... crisis and the crisis effects will remain a challenge over the next decade," Weidmann - who also sits on the European Central Bank's governing council - told the Wall Street Journal. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a rebound on Wall Street ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The recent fall in the price of gold is only temporary and does not signal the end of the bull rally, according to ETF Securities country head Danny Laidler. The price of gold fell to a two-year low on Monday following the biggest single day percentage ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... the US warned Tokyo to avoid competitive devaluation as the unit faces heavy selling pressure on the back of huge central bank stimulus measures. Tokyo fell 1.55 per cent, or 209.48 points, to 13,275.66, while Hong Kong shed 1.43 per cent, or 316.38 ...