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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012

... Trade was choppy throughout the session but took a final turn higher on news Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti had invited French, Spanish and German leaders to a four-way summit after key Greek elections in June. At close London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL | FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012

... ASIC in 2011, following two years as Commissioner, prior to which he worked in investment banking for nearly 30 years with French group SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale.

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012

... Stable my butt. S&P announced its more positive (ok, less negative) ratings of Greece on 2 May - only four days after the French and Greek elections that re-started this current market rout. Sowee, I just have to get that out of my system. Anyways, current ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012

... suffer. Syriza knows that it's got the Eurozone by the cojones, emboldened by the growing clamour against austerity from French voters and the Spaniards, and the Italians and the Dutch. And oh, judging from austerity crusader Angela Merkel's Christian ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012

... uncertainty over Europa. Monsieur Sarkozy is out. Hollande is in. Au revoire Merkozy. It'll be Frangela from here on. The French people have decided -- Oui to more growth and less austerity. At least, they've already picked a president in Paris. Whereas ...

Market Wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012

... resources have taken a big fat knock." Most European stock markets fell sharply on Friday and the euro lost ground, but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections there and in Greece. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012

... plunged 67.96 (2.25 percent) to 2,956.34. LONDON - Most European stock markets fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012

... than 1.4% in intra-day trade - as bargain hunters swooped. Hollande. Francois Hollande's win has forced (soon to be ex?) French President Nicolas Sarkozy into a run-off election in two week's time. Nothing wrong with that, except for the tiny matter ...

Market Wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 23 APR 2012

... firmer after solid business confidence data from Germany and as investors looked ahead to a key IMF meeting and weekend French elections. In afternoon deals, London's FTSE 100 index gained 0.33 per cent to 5,763.55 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 23 APR 2012

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