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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... at 2,700.97. Two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume came to 969 million shares. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower on concerns the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan would set back the global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... since August 11. Other than several large swings in the past month, stocks have been climbing steadily since September. LONDON - European and Asian equities slid and the safe-haven yen rose in volatile trade Friday after a huge earthquake in Japan, the ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... and New Zealand. Cooper has worked with the broking firm since 1999 when it was a foreign exchange trading business in London with just 35 staff. "I was there in 2000 when they launched the first contract-for-difference (CFD) products in the UK," he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... materials stocks like mining firms -- whose incomes are often closely tied to Chinese buying -- led the losing sectors. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets retreated on Thursday as eurozone debt fears sparked by a credit downgrade to Spain overshadowed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... higher at 4,776. In economics news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens delivered a speech in London overnight to a luncheon of Australian Business in Europe. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases labour force ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.54 per cent from 3.51 per cent late Monday. LONDON - European stock markets closed mostly firmer as investors kept a close watch on oil prices and developments in Libya where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... coming days," said Frederic Dickson at DA Davidson & Co. "Until this situation unwinds, we expect US stock prices to remain LONDON - Crude oil prices hit a 2.5 year high and gold set a new all-time record while European stocks fell on Monday, amid growing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... rose to 3.57 per cent from 3.46 per cent late Wednesday. The 30-year note yield rose to 4.64 per cent from 4.55 per cent. LONDON - The euro surged above $1.39 on Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank hinted a rate rise could come next ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... 2,748.07. Rising stocks outnumbered falling ones two-to-one on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was one billion shares. LONDON - European stock markets fell on Wednesday as instability in the Middle East and North Africa hit sentiment despite a strong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... 4,990.9 points. NEW YORK - Securities markets were closed on Wall Street overnight for the President's Day public holiday. LONDON - European equities and the euro fell on Monday, as violent unrest in Libya was only partially offset by positive European ...