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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... European markets were higher but Milan lost 0.20 per cent and Madrid 0.23 per cent, reflecting nerves there over Italian and Spanish debt levels in light of the S&P statement on Greece. S&P said that in effect, the plan would see creditors disadvantaged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Madrid's Ibex-35 gained 1.93 per cent, however markets closed moments before the IMF warned of "considerable" risks to the Spanish economy. Lisbon rose 1.30 per cent, Amsterdam's AEX index jumped 1.35 per cent, Milan was up 2.08 per cent and Brussels' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... whole eurozone. Standard & Poor's downgrade of Italy's ratings outlook to "Negative" from "Stable" at the weekend and the Spanish government's drubbing in local elections added to the uncertainties facing nervous investors. In London, the FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... British company after their joint Arctic exploration agreement collapsed this week. The banking sector was also tracked as Spanish banks reported a fall in the proportion of bad loans on their books in March, ending a five-month run of increases. Elsewhere ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... billion). Spain's surely next in line. But if that's the case, you'll not be able to tell from its financial markets. Spanish equities closed 0.04 per cent up - yes U-P. And Spanish bonds? Their premium over German bunds did rise. Oh yes they did, by ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... would be seeking EU/IMF financing bail out. What happened to Spain would be next in line? What happened to contagion? Spanish bond yields actually fell after the announcement and Irish bonds were smiling too. And also, never mind that the ECB is poised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... stocks finished down 1.25 per cent but Madrid bucked the trend with a gain of 0.17 per cent after figures suggested the Spanish banking system was stronger than previously thought. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were broadly lower on Monday, with Tokyo ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... points. Moody's sliced Spain's credit rating on Thursday and warned it might do so again, as it raised the alarm over Spanish banking woes and spendthrift regions. New York-based Moody's cut the long-term debt rating by a notch to "Aa2" with a negative ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's report last night that: "The extra yield investors demand to hold Spanish 10-year debt instead of similar-maturity benchmark German bunds dropped 10 basis points to 189 basis points. The Portuguese-German ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... offered by global bonds. G7 10-year bonds offer an average yield of only 1.8 per cent. Barring exogenous shocks (perhaps, a Spanish default?) that could send volatility soaring and shatter investor confidence, sub-par global economic growth should be ...