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JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... still unresolved sovereign debt crisis and the growth dampening consequence of severe fiscal austerity measures. The Euro Stoxx index is up 4.4 per cent thus far in 2011. Undaunted? More likely, financial markets are undaunted by the turbulence of the ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... 0.8 percent at 4 p.m. in New York and is up 5 percent since March 16... Nine stocks gained for every one that fell in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, which advanced 1 percent... The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 1 percent, its fifth advance. Benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... recovery hopes. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed 91.58 points lower, by 1.73 per cent, at 5,211.29 points. The Stoxx 50 index of leading eurozone companies fell 1.97 per cent to 2,675.02 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX was down 111.18 points ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rallied the most since June 21, climbing 2.1 percent to a three- month high." Europe's DJ Stoxx 600 index and the FTSE-100 index jumped by 2.6 and 2.7 per cent, respectively and China's Shanghai Composite index climbed ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... foreign-currency reserve investment." And it is looking so. European equity markets produced a sharp last night. The benchmark Stoxx 600 index increased by 2.6 per cent but Spain's IBEX 35 index climbed even more - up 3.6 per cent - following news that ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... (The Castle) would say, "Tell 'em they're dreamin'!" My back-of-the-envelope calculations show that Europe's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index would need to jump by almost 7.9 per cent when it trades later tonight to wipe off all of its May losses. Australia's ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... you consider that over the same period, the S&P 500 and the All Ords returned minus 4.8 per cent, Europe's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index and Japan's Nikkei-225 index also remain below the September 2008 level -- down remains down 15.1 per cent and 14.3 ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... commodity markets higher. Equity markets in Europe and America closed sharply overnight. The FTSE-100 gained 1.5 per cent, the Stoxx-600 rose by 1 per cent and the S&P 500 by 1.8 per cent. Not bad for a financial market still watching the thrills and ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... Europe had its own bad day as renewed fears about the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain - sent the benchmark Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index down 2.7 per cent. A case of swine flu perhaps? Market sentiment started to sour after Greece's biggest union ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... quarter. Given this optimism, the rally in Eurozone equities over the past few months is hardly surprising. The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Index has appreciated by more than 20 per cent since the end of 2008 and by close to 58 per cent since it plunged to ...