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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 2.11 per cent to 5777.34 points, as traders also digested the Bank of England's decision to keep record-low rates unchanged on Thursday. But other leading markets surged even further after the European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies managed to add a slight 0.08 per cent to 5,845.92 points despite the Bank of England lowering its forecast for growth this year to near zero. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies managed to add a slight 0.08 per cent to 5,845.92 points despite the Bank of England lowering its forecast for growth this year to near to zero. Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped by slighter 0.03 per cent to 6,966.15 ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... and up. I think I said this before Draghi did... but I got ignored (sob, sob, sob). Last 6 July following the Bank of England, the Peoples Bank of China and the European Xentral Bank's stimulation spree, I ventured that, "these latest round of policy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... looking firmly at the US tonight after the ECB (European Central Bank), the PBOC (People's Bank of China) and the Bank of England all came out with some sort of concerted co-ordinated easing," Mr Weston said. "I think our market will sit on its hands ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... markets were closed for a holiday - in anticipation that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates and the Bank of England would boost stimulus efforts in bids to turn around European economic growth. The Bank of China has also come in with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... the dollar on Wednesday as investors waited for key monetary policy decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England. Markets expect an ECB rate cut on Thursday along with a decision by the BoE to pump out an additional STG50 billion ($A76.78 ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... everybody was in wait mode. This time, everyone and his dog are waiting for the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BOE) to announce their respective monetary policy decisions. This is all well and good, if the waiting stops here and ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... resulted in Prime Minister David Cameron announcing a full parliamentary inquiry, now looks likely to envelop the Bank of England. Barclays has released an internal 2008 memo from Diamond, then head of the investment bank, following a conversation with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... market looks set to open higher after US and European bourses rose on hopes the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would introduce new stimulus measures this week and reports of strong June sales from the leading US auto makers. At 0805 AEST ...