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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... shares rose by about 3.0 per cent. All three markets had fallen sharply at the open, but rallied on speculation that the French government was drawing up plans to recapitalise the country's ailing banks, amid persistent worries over their exposure to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... health of lenders exposed to Greece's debt mountain and indicated that their capital levels should be hiked. Shares in French bank BNP Paribas sank by 1.85 per cent, while Societe Generale shed 1.28 per cent and Credit Agricole lost 2.38 per cent. HONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Societe Generale and BNP Paribas falling sharply after a report that industrial giant Siemens had pulled out cash from a French bank to deposit it more safely at the ECB. Milan rose by 1.91 per cent, Madrid by 1.45 per cent, Lisbon by 1.02 per cent ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... this together folks. Developed markets are surely going to be affected because of their exposure to Greek debt. Several French banks have already been downgraded because of this, and German banks are also exposed. The Bank of International Settlements ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... France in the second quarter. German GDP barely grew - at 0.1% -- in the June quarter from 1.3% in the first while the French economy did not grow at all in the second quarter from 0.9% in the first three months of 2011. And speaking of growth, fresh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... to investors that also face a global slowdown. At close, Paris' CAC-40 index rose 3.27 per cent to 3,045.62 points with French banks shares rocketing. BNP Paribas rose 13.4 per cent, Societe Generale 5.4 per cent and Credit Agricole 5.89 per cent. In ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... bounced back from a weak close on Wednesday after a rally on European and US markets, as investors clung to talks between French, German and Greek leaders about the eurozone debt crisis. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 71.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Greece could default, triggering a potential breakup of the eurozone, have roiled global stock markets in recent weeks. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced confidence on Wednesday that Greece would remain in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... opening trade. Signs of German impatience with the Greek government's management of its debt crisis, and the prospect of French banks suffering a credit downgrade because of the Greek debt bonds they hold, sparked heavy falls for European markets. France's ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... plans to recapitalise its banks in the event of a Greek default. And Moody's fingers are on the downgrade trigger with French banks and their exposure to Greek sovereign debt in its sights. There's no question in my mind that Greece will default unless ...