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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.41 per cent to 3,721.33 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 jumped 1.45 per cent to 7,773.19 points, Italy's FTSE-Mib jumped by nearly four per cent after the first exit polls showed the centre-left led by Pier Luigi Bersani had ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... traders welcoming improving economic fortunes in Germany and looking ahead to weekend elections in indebted eurozone nation Italy. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies added 0.70 per cent to close at 6,335.7 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... points Milan dived 3.13 per cent to 16,010 points, also hit by concerns over the outcome of upcoming legislative elections in Italy, traders said. The euro fell to $US1.3206 from $US1.3283 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets suffered ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Australian market has opened lower as investors remain cautious ahead of Italy's general election. At 1023 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.3 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 5,056.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... Spanish PM Rajoy could be forced to resign over allegations of corruption and increased prospects of a Berlusconi comeback in Italy. But despite this and all the other daily dips, the Euro Stoxx index remains 2.5% higher than at the beginning of 2013 ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... April 2011. Then again, 2011 was a year of heightened uncertainties: Greek default fears and bailout fears for Spain and Italy; Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown that disrupted production; America's debt ceiling impasse, and; Standard & Poor's ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... you still remember the story that hit the headlines two days ago? Yes that one, the one about the political uncertainty in Italy and Spain. That caused just brief palpitations - and a high for dip buyers, did it not? And just yesterday morning, word ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... lead from Wall Street and Europe, where encouraging economic data offset concerns over political uncertainty in Spain and Italy. Tokyo soared 3.37 per cent, or 416.83 points, to 11,463.75 - its highest close since September 2008 after the collapse of ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... worries over political uncertainties in the Eurozone -- Spain's top honcho Mariano Rajoy could be booted out of office and Italy could see the bunga bunga boy Signor Berlusconi returned to office - that could re-ignite the crisis there. This could be ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... recovery as investors went bargain hunting for shares that had slumped sharply the previous day on political uncertainty in Italy and Spain, dealers say. The euro climbed to $1.3562 meanwhile, from $1.3514 late on Monday with traders shrugging off a ...