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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... danger... Never has the risk of Europe's explosion been so great," Sarkozy said in a speech in Marseille ahead of the summit. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped on fears that a summit to save the eurozone might fail to deliver a knockout blow to the region's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... confident that Europe would find a way out of its debt crisis, a solution to which is important for the US and the world. HONG KONG - Markets rose in Asia on hopes that a meeting of European leaders will finally lead to a plan that will bring an end ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... dollar slid to 77.72 yen from 77.83 yen on Monday. Borrowing rates for Germany and France rose slightly on the bond market. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell in cautious trade as a Standard & Poor's warning of a possible downgrade for the eurozone offset ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... stocks added 1.72 per cent as the Irish government began rolling out a 3.8-billion-euro austerity budget this afternoon. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares gained 0.73 per cent following strong US jobs data and ahead of a French-German mini-summit aimed at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... said he would meet Merkel on Monday to agree upon and announce a joint plan to take to the EU summit on December 8 and 9. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose 0.2 per cent on Friday, adding to the previous day's huge gains following coordinated action by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Mario Draghi insisted on Thursday, but left the door open to other measures if governments agree on budgetary consolidation. HONG KONG - Asian markets soared on Thursday after the world's top central banks took action to boost liquidity for the gummed-up ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... bailout fund to 1 trillion euros ($A1.33 trillion), while Standard & Poor's cut its ratings on 15 major global banks overnight. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly slipped on Wednesday following two days of gains as eurozone finance chiefs struggled to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... forced to pay record rates at a bond auction and intense pressure on eurozone finance ministers to avert economic meltdown. HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed for a second day on Tuesday on optimism that Europe's finance leaders are close to a plan to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... points. Milan also gained 4.6 per cent and Madrid advanced 4.59 per cent, while other markets posted similar strong gains. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose 1.97 per cent on Monday, in line with regional markets, as dealers welcomed a report that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... running in November as businesses fretted about the impact of the debt crisis on the economy, a closely-watched survey showed. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, following the lead from Wall Street after revised US growth figures showed the world's number ...