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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Officials said EU countries are building a co ordinated plan to recapitalise banks to avoid contagion from the debt crisis. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed. Tokyo fell 0.86 per cent, or 73.14 points, to 8,382.98, Seoul lost 2.33 per cent, or 39.67 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... Athens was doing enough to merit more financial aid amid mounting social tension over the government's austerity measures. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed in choppy trade ahead of Germany's key bailout package vote. Tokyo reversed early losses to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... vote on Thursday on expanding the scope and size of the EU's rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed in edgy trade. Early gains were pared as caution set in due to a lack of concrete evidence ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... further reflected by how 10 years ago there were clear differences in the rating scores for London and New York compared to Hong Kong and Singapore. While today London, New York and Hong Kong are on almost equal footing, with Singapore only 5% behind. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... bailout in May last year. Without this money, Greece will be unable to pay its current bills from about the middle of October. HONG KONG - Asian markets tumbled and the euro fell against the greenback as anxious traders fear European leaders will not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... day at 1.745 per cent. US benchmark bond yields also hit a record low at 1.671 per cent before rising to 1.778 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell for a second straight day. Seoul slumped 5.73 per cent, or 103.11 points, to 1,697.44, while Hong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... Wednesday unveiled more painful cuts to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the European Union and International Monetary Fund. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets slumped as the US Federal Reserve's latest multi-billion-dollar move to shore up the American ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... bank BNP Paribas sank by 1.85 per cent, while Societe Generale shed 1.28 per cent and Credit Agricole lost 2.38 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stocks mostly rose in edgy trade, helped by bargain buying as dealers await the end of a US Fed meeting, expecting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... target of 1.25 billion euros, in a sale of three-month treasury bills, with the borrowing price stable at 4.56 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed as the eurozone debt crisis deepened after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... ultimatum for Greece to implement a long delayed privatisation programme and forecast recession in Greece for all of 2012. HONG KONG - Asian stocks and the euro fell after European finance heads failed to agree on a plan to solve the region's debt woes ...