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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... demanding in return for more money. The talks, however, were postponed until Tuesday despite pressure from the European Union for a speedy agreement so that the country can avoid a default on its debt. Greek politicians are baulking at the level of austerity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... boosted miners and energy companies. Energy stocks led the push higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the European Union (EU) had placed an embargo on Iranian exports, sending oil prices close to the $US100 a barrel mark. Financials rose on confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... 4,287.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks gave up modest gains Monday to end the session flat as wary investors focused on European Union talks aimed at forging a deal on Greece's debt write-down with private bondholders. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... indirectly making a mockery of reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to vetoe to changes to the European Union financial treaty will somehow lead to the UK being isolated. The Financial Development Index on which these assessments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... crisis," Charles Schwab analysts said. Analysts said there remained many questions over the deal in last Friday's European Union summit in which 26 of 27 EU countries - Britain dissented - backed tougher fiscal limits in the future. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... bring uniform discipline to government spending, was rejected by Britain, preventing it from applying to all 27 European Union countries. At 0715 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was 73 points or 1.74 per cent higher at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... ratings agency Standard & Poor's spooked the market for the second time this week, warning that it may cut the European Union's credit rating as well as those for regional banks BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank. Ms Lee said many investors were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... downgrade overshadowed news of a Franco-German plan to save the single currency. The shock S&P announcement came as European Union leaders prepared for a two-day summit which is regarded as crucial for the future of the eurozone, whose debt crisis has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's governing rules to tighten economic cooperation this week. "There's a lot of concern about what's happening in Europe," Commsec ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... euro. The leaders of France and Germany, the two strongest economic powers in the euro area, have called for a new European Union treaty designed to avert another crisis by imposing greater fiscal discipline on member countries. Financials stocks were ...