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ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... over 730 million people speaking over 40 languages. The European Union alone has 28 members. Of these, 19 belong to the Eurozone, a common currency region whose monetary policy falls under the European Central Bank (ECB) but whose fiscal policy mostly ...

Market set for a steady start

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... US stocks eased from the week's highs as traders became cautious ahead of a fraught-filled weekend for Greece and the eurozone. Giving up more than half of the previous session's gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 101.56 points, or 0.56 per ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Grexit clock struck 12 - the make or break - and then there's this from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ): "Special summit of eurozone leaders called for Monday". Trust the masters of "kicking the can down the road" to having a kick at 12 o'clock even, 'ey? ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... session," said Myrto Sokou, senior research analyst at Sucden Financial. European markets had earlier traded lower as eurozone finance ministers were gathering to discuss Greece after a barrage of warnings that the country risks a damaging exit from ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... 2,034.86 and Tokyo eased 0.19 per cent, or 38.67 points, to 20,219.27. Fears Athens will default and crash out of the eurozone increased on Tuesday when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused creditors of trying to "humiliate" his country and said ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... "European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis has revealed that there has been been "some discussion within the eurozone" of the implications of "less favourable scenarios" for Greece". If financial markets were spooked last Friday and were ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... global sell-off as Greece struggles to find a compromise with its creditors, fuelling fears of a default and exit from the eurozone. Despite increasing worries about Athens' future, the euro managed to tick up against the US dollar and yen as traders ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... it should be ignored but it's not even though it is a tiny economy the size of Victoria that is not going to cause the eurozone to collapse," he told AAP. Financial stocks were giving the market a boost, with Insurance Australia Group leaping up on the ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... bring it down for good" - 17 Feb "Greece defiant as Germany tears up last-ditch EMU compromise on austerity" - 19 Feb "Eurozone would be better off without Greece, says Germany's influential council of economic ministers as "very difficult" talks begin ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 31.41 points (0.62 per cent) to 5,051.10. European equity markets tumbled as eurozone officials confirmed that at a meeting in Bratislava on Thursday they had war-gamed "worst case" scenarios of Greece not being ...