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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... about the health of the eurozone and tensions between North and South Korea sent investors fleeing from the stock market into safe-haven investments such as US government bonds. At one point, all 30 of the Dow's stocks were down, with shares in consumer ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... able to achieve an 11.9 per cent growth in the first quarter? Coin three. The European crisis is benefiting US homebuyers as safe-haven flows to America are putting downward pressure on interest rates. Lower mortgage rates are attracting homebuyers back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... export-driven recovery overshadowed positive growth data. Corporate Japan is eyeing the eurozone debt crisis nervously, leaving the safe-haven yen in demand against the euro, denting the profit outlook for Japanese exporters repatriating earnings. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... The New Zealand share market tumbled nearly one per cent as fear again gripped financial markets and investors headed to safe havens. Aside from global factors, investors were sensitive to references to fragile global markets in a Reserve Bank of New ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
The Australian share market looks set to fall when it opens on Wednesday after Wall Street resumed its slide due to the falling value of the euro. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 52 points lower at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
The Australian share market is set to rise on Tuesday after Wall Street and some European markets managed small gains despite continuing concerns about the impact of Europe's debt problems on a global economic recovery. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... thriving that throwing money at the crisis will drive inflation higher, or debase currencies -- the US dollar is benefiting from safe-haven flows out of the euro at the moment but wait till speculators turn to its fiscal finances anew -- or would only ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is set for a weak opening after European markets and Wall Street suffered sharp falls in their last sessions on continuing concerns about European economies. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets rebounded on optimism following the European rescue plan. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was almost two per cent stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per ...