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Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... (1.85 per cent) to 1,193.11, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 49.25 (1.91 per cent) to 2,523.25. LONDON - European stocks have closed down sharply and the euro has slumped amid a warning on France's top credit rating and an apparent failure to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,201, with 18,197 contracts traded. US and European stocks took a sharp plunge on Thursday amid concerns over feared contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... that might escalate into another credit crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell. LONDON - European stocks closed sharply lower as any early optimism that the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would calm the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... cent from 2.16 per cent late Wednesday, while the 30-year Treasury climbed to 3.20 per cent from 3.17. LONDON - European stocks fell and the euro slipped as Brussels urged leaders to seek compromise ahead of a key EU summit amid reports that a vital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... bank reported a profit of $US4.3 billion, down four per cent from the same quarter in the previous year. LONDON - European stocks have fallen, dragged down by the banking sector on heightened fears over lender exposure to the eurozone debt crisis and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... losses, with the local materials sector down about 3.1 per cent, industrials 1.8 per cent and energy 1.6 per cent. European stocks and US equity markets fell overnight after Germany warned against undue enthusiasm that an EU summit this weekend will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Treasury dropped to 3.14 per cent from 3.21 per cent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks fell after a German warning against undue enthusiasm that an EU summit this weekend will produce a quick solution to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... prices and housing starts (Wednesday); and existing-home sales and weekly jobless claims (Thursday). LONDON - European stocks rose, bouyed by optimism that eurozone leaders were finally pushing forward to resolve the debt crisis and positive US data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... 2.16 per cent late Tuesday, while that on the 30-year Treasury rose to 3.21 per cent from 3.11 per cent. LONDON - European stocks rose and the euro hit a three-week dollar high as markets absorbed new proposals from the European Union to battle the debt ...