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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... was up 67.5 points, or 1.19 per cent, at 5,733.7. NEW YORK - US stocks have given up late gains after the European Central Bank put fresh pressure on Athens by lifting its waiver on the use of Greek bonds as collateral. The move darkened hopes that Greece's ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) leaves markets no other option but to catch a ride with greenback. Financial markets appear to be sanguine about the BOJ ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... pricing) from 25% just over a week ago. What changed? What changed was that between then and last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) QE'd and the Bank of Canada (BOC) announced a surprise rate cut. Ipso facto, the RBA could (must?) too. Why must our ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Day public holiday. On Friday, the local market posted its biggest weekly gain in two years, helped by the European Central Bank's bigger-than-expected stimulus package. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 81.9 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 5,501.8 points. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday to buy about 50 billion euros ($A72 billion) worth of bonds a month for at least a year as a stimulus ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) have already pencilled in the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE announcement tonight, it still has the potential to surprise. There are lotta lotta moving parts. How much? Estimates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... solid gains, buoyed by a strong production report from global miner BHP Billiton and expectations that the European Central Bank will take steps to boost the euro zone's sputtering economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 85.7 points, or 1.61 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... index closed up 0.52 per cent to 6,620.10 points on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to a meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday with the markets now firmly expecting it will begin a sovereign bond-buying program. Frankfurt's DAX 30 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... sustained recovery for the eurozone isn't far off." Stock indices had rallied Friday on fresh signals that the European Central Bank will launch a bond-buying stimulus program this week, news that has weighed heavily on the euro. The chronically low ...