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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon after gains on Wall Street and signs of optimism about a solution to the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 68.4 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 4,274 and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian market is set to open higher on Monday on optimism that eurozone leaders are finally pushing forward to resolve the debt crisis and positive US data and corporate earnings. At 0730 AEDT on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... their banks at a get-together in Luxembourg Tuesday without reaching a conclusion. After the meeting, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that not all countries had been prepared to present their national backstops against banking crises ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar is staging a rapid recovery on Wednesday morning after hitting its lowest levels in more than a year overnight. During the offshore session on Tuesday night the local unit fell to a low of 93.88 US cents after the Reserve Bank ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... not ashamed to admit that I haven't got a clue. But I tend to agree with former UK prime minister and former finance minister Gordon Brown that, "a far larger rescue fund -- two, perhaps three trillion euros -- is needed to stabilise the eurozone." At ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Rastani's comments caused a furore in UK newspapers and a backlash on Twitter. The interview even prompted Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado to label him "mad and immoral." UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, reported that Rastani is not registered ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... issue Euro bonds is ready to go and is just waiting for approval. Just ask the UK Telegraph. It quoted German finance minister Schaeuble's criticism of the US advice to leverage the EFSF via the ECB. Advice? You don't advise the proud Germans, especially ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Oh no! This couldn't happen. Not now, not when the "Finance Minister of the Year" sits in Canberra. The A-dollar has fallen below parity with the US dollar. Australian deputy prime minister and federal treasurer Wayne Swan had been awarded the top gong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street's Dow Jones finished just 35 points higher on Friday, but Asian markets closed the week lower. At 0711 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down nine points ...