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Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... look at Bloomberg's market headlines this morning: U.S. Stocks Decline as S&P 500 Has Longest Slump Since 2009 European Stocks Drop for Sixth Day; UBS, Kabel Deutschland Slide German Stocks Drop to Seven-Week Low; Kabel Deutschland Falls Asian Stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... bond dropped to 4.21 per cent from 4.27 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks closed lower after OPEC dashed hopes of an oil output rise which would have eased inflation pressures, while the euro slipped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... 4.26 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - The euro rose against the dollar and European stocks advanced on Tuesday amid concerns over the strength of the US economic recovery and ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... per cent late on Thursday, while that for the 30-year note went to 4.63 per cent, from 4.62 per cent. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Friday as oil prices soared, gold hit new highs and EU finance chiefs agreed on the need for a multi billion-euro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... 2,692.09. Energy stocks led the market higher after oil prices climbed back above $US103 per barrel. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Monday, supported by UN-backed military action in Libya, easing nuclear fears in Japan and merger and acquisition ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... companies affected by higher food costs fell. McDonald's Corp and Starbucks Corp both fell two per cent. LONDON - European stocks fell, despite an earlier bounce in Tokyo, with sentiment hit by fears over Japan's worsening nuclear crisis, Bahrain unrest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... 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 investor concern over the unrest in Libya and the wider oil-producing region. Meanwhile the euro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. More than two stocks rose for every decliner on the Nasdaq. LONDON - European stocks closed higher Friday, with markets buoyed late in the trading day by the news that Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak had been toppled. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... price index futures contract was 68 points lower at 4,645 points, with 24,615 contracts traded. Wall Street and European stocks fell sharply overnight on growing unease over Europe's massive sovereign debt and China's efforts to tackle rising inflation. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... earnings and a 20 per cent increase in conglomerate General Electric's quarterly dividend, analysts said. LONDON - European stocks closed narrowly mixed in choppy trade on Friday ahead of the release of banks' stress tests, designed to show whether the ...