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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... to 20,937.28. Shanghai advanced 1.97 per cent, or 40.81 points, to 2,115.23, with the market also helped by a huge central bank injection of funds aimed at boosting liquidity. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index fell 15.92 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 3907. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... leaped higher, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At the close on Friday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies was 0.74 per cent higher at 5,871.02 ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... would ask for help for nearly a month. Spain needs to ask for money from Europe's bailout fund before the European Central Bank can start buying Spanish government bonds. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended a day of see-saw trading with losses ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. Germany's court found that the EFSF/ESM is in accord with the country's constitution. ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... stabilised inflation, falling unemployment and rising wages, which in turn is driving strong internal consumption. Central bank autonomy, fiscal reforms and clear regulatory frameworks have also lent a hand to a business environment that allows sustained ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... day for the US market since September 13, when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced further steps by the central bank to speed the economic recovery. Stocks were also helped by speculation that the central bank of China would act soon to help ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Take one central banker's lack of faith at the recent action of the institution he serves, add rumours that a region threatens to secede from a country in a region that's desperately trying to stay as one, and what do we get? We get a problem Houston. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... from $US1.2902 on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets suffered a sell-off after a US Federal Reserve head said the central bank's huge stimulus plan unveiled this month might not boost the economy as much as hoped. Eurozone debt fears were also fuelled ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 index dropping by 1.1% ...