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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... down." In Europe, markets moved mostly lower, with investors keeping a wary eye on the eurozone debt crisis as Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs spiked worryingly higher. As Italy's new leader, Mario Monti, launched a final round of talks to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... European governments was the focus for markets. "You can look at Italian yields, which jumped back above seven per cent, Spanish yields rose as well," Mr Burrowes said from Wellington. "Also causing concerns was the rise in French, Austrian, Belgian ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... bailout" mark to 7.07% and the fear has spread to the others. The extra yield investors demanded to hold French, Belgian, Spanish, Austrian and Dutch bonds instead of Germany's bunds widened last night. But Spud, have you looked at the yield offered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... country ended up paying higher rates in a bond sale compared to before the start of its political crisis. At the same time, Spanish borrowing costs soared to well above six per cent, a sign of stress as the markets demand more in return for their money ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... central banker Lucas Papademos as interim prime minister and (amid) reports of the European Central Bank buying Italian and Spanish debt," said Scott Marcouiller of Wells Fargo Advisors. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly mixed after heavy ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... (Reuters). Yes folks, this is the rescue fund targeted to have a a,-1 trillion arsenal as "first loss" insurer of Italian and Spanish bonds. It managed to sell only "over EUR3bn" last night at 177 bps over German bunds after suffering a failed a,-5 billion ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... deal addressing the eurozone debt crisis, whose delivery on Thursday sparked huge market rallies, was short on details. Spanish and Italian bond yields had risen while commodities were down overnight. Investors could experience positive leads if the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Madrid gained 0.43 per cent despite the two notch downgrade by Moody's to A1 from Aa2, which further cited risks to the Spanish economy from the eurozone crisis. In foreign exchange deals, the European single currency soared as high as $US1.3857, then ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... making money. 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... London stock market added 0.42 per cent, Paris advanced 1.84 per cent and Frankfurt jumped 2.09 per cent. Italian and Spanish shares rose by about 3.0 per cent. All three markets had fallen sharply at the open, but rallied on speculation that the French ...