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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... stumbled after recording strong gains a day earlier, with sentiment hit by weak German data and uncertain developments in Ukraine. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index stood at 6,632.42 points at the close on Tuesday, virtually the same level it closed ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Rasmussen warned of a "high probability" that Russia, using the guise of a humanitarian mission, could intervene militarily in Ukraine." Shush, don't state the obvious. Happy days are here again for Obama successfully diverted attention from Russia into ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Putin, all of a sudden... found religion. Well, not quite. It's all about reports of Russia de-escalating tensions in Ukraine. Hapeee! CNBC cites "Reuters, citing Russia's Interfax, reported that Russia had ended military exercises near the Ukrainian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Heading into Friday's trade, US stocks had been lower for the week as investors digested a worsening in tensions over Ukraine and a sharp increase in violence in Iraq that prompted the first US air strikes since 2011. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened lower as tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 26 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... the market on Wednesday fell for a fourth straight session as investors weighed up a possible escalation of conflict in Ukraine and potential interest rates hikes in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.6 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 5,512 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as fears of an escalation of the Ukraine conflict and a potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower following negative leads from Wall Street and fears the conflict in Ukraine is set to worsen. US stocks fell sharply overnight with investors also selling shares amid fears of a Wall Street correction. The ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski telling on him, we are reminded that Putin's still alive and now preparing to give Ukraine, the US and Europe another kick their collective behinds. Sikorski told TVN24 BiS TV that "Russia has restored its combat readiness ...