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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... edged lower in early trading, following most world markets, after China raised a key lending rate and the rating agency Moody's lowered Portugal's credit rating. A survey from the Institute for Supply Management reported growth at service companies last ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Middle East and North Africa. Last time I looked, the European sovereign debt crisis still is... in crisis. Just last night, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Portugal's credit rating to BAA1 from A3 and announced that it expected the country to seek ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... price rises, but fund managers who lead the market had already factored in the change, a portfolio manager said yesterday. Moody's Investor Services downgraded its outlook on Qantas debt - the next stage down is a ratings review, then a ratings downgrade. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... some poor US data. "A late-day rally pushed the three major equity indices into positive territory," said Sara Kline of Moody's Analytics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.39 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 12,086.02 points. The broad-based S&P ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... price through their holdings of domestic and global shares especially airlines, and possibly also through the debt markets. Moody's Investor Services' recent report into the impact of US$100 per barrel oil prices on the Australian corporate debt sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... emergency in a bid to quell protests, sparking fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East. European markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters over the eurozone debt crisis. In ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... overheating is working. Then it marched to Europe as the European sovereign debt crisis again reared its heavily indebted head. Moody's - yes, people still listen to what they say - cut Spain's debt rating to Aa2 from Aa1. And coming on the heels of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Paris, the CAC 40 slid 0.75 per cent to 3,963.99 points and in Frankfurt the DAX fell 0.96 per cent to 7,063.09 points. Moody's sliced Spain's credit rating on Thursday and warned it might do so again, as it raised the alarm over Spanish banking woes ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... sell due to the return of the Greeks. Oh yes, as promised the European debt crisis is not going to stay silent for long. Moody's has reportedly downgraded Greek debt three notches from Ba1 to B1 - raising the spectre of default - and warned that this ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... because of the MidEast sideshow, but anxiety over its debts and deficits could flare up again at anytime. Speaking of which, Moody's just placed Japan's credit rating on negative watch. Yes it's easy to come out of hibernation when headlines bad news ...