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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... Europe. LONDON - European stock markets closed mostly lower after a modest technical bounce as investors tracked rising Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs and efforts to tame the debt crisis. Dealers said that after another turbulent week, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... committed to tough economic reforms but all eurozone nations bar powerhouse Germany were roughed up on the bond markets. Italian benchmark 10-year bond yields once again topped the 7.0 per cent red-zone level on Wednesday, with Spain hit too after it ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... up and down." In Europe, markets moved mostly lower, with investors keeping a wary eye on the eurozone debt crisis as Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs spiked worryingly higher. As Italy's new leader, Mario Monti, launched a final round of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... strategist Mike Burrowes said the rising cost of borrowing for European governments was the focus for markets. "You can look at Italian yields, which jumped back above seven per cent, Spanish yields rose as well," Mr Burrowes said from Wellington. "Also ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... how bad things will get. Not just in europe. If France falls over then that will be felt every where. Maybe even china?" Italian 10-year bond yield spiked above the "beg for bailout" mark to 7.07% and the fear has spread to the others. The extra yield ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... earlier respite at news of the change in leadership. Reuters also reported that the European Central Bank (ECB) bought Italian government bonds in the secondary markets yesterday. According to Global investment giant Russell, the ECB needs to commit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Tinto was off 18 cents, or 0.26 per cent, at $68.44. US stocks fell during overnight trading, as market players noted the Italian government's high cost of borrowing funds on global markets. An auction of Italian government five-year bonds went at a ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... it was a relatively good turnout for Italy's 10-year bond auction last night. Demand was 1.47 times the amount of the Italian offering and... investors demanded only a yield of 6.71% -- still high but not as crinch-worthy as last week's euro-era record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... open lower, following the overnight lead of Wall Street and the European markets. Investors appear cautious, tracking Italian and Greek political developments as the eurozone debt crisis rumbles into Spain, whose borrowing costs have risen sharply. At ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... crisis that has threatened to bring down the European Union. The speed of his appointment, which came at the request of the Italian president, was intended to restore market confidence globally, with Australian stocks gaining so far today as a result. ...