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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq rose 33.33 (1.17 percent) to 2,892.42. LONDON - European stocks slid in anxious trade before Spain announced the cost of bailing out its banks and amid a slew of data that suggested a slowdown in the global economy. London's ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... in something substantial, this was also compounded by more bad news: Moody's downgraded 28 Spanish banks by four notches. Spain formalised request for bail out Cyprus asks for bailout. Greece newly-designated finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, resigns. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... with a plan to support weaker economies and avoid economic collapse. The talks come as debt woes have spread from Greece to Spain, which is enveloped by a banking and economic crisis, while Italy is also in danger of succumbing. WELLINGTON - The NZX ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... last week... and the week before? That is, financial markets trade on hope then find these hopes dashed. Two weeks ago, Spain set the mood with news that it could have as much as a,-100 billion to save its banks. Hooray! But wait, this a,-100 bil would ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... Industrial Average was down 250.82 points, or 1.96 per cent, at 12,573.57. European stocks slid in anxious trade before Spain announced the cost of bailing out its banks and amid a slew of data that suggested a slowdown in the global economy. London's ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... downgraded in moves that may shake up competition among Wall Street's biggest firms." And lest we forget, there's still Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, perhaps soon France and finally Germany. There are rumours here, gossips there and speculations ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 71.36 (2.44 per cent) to 2,859.09. LONDON - European stocks slid in anxious trade before Spain announced the cost of bailing out its banks and amid a slew of data that suggested a slowdown in the global economy. London's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Tuesday closed at 12,837.33, up 95.51 points, or 0.75 per cent. European markets and the euro were higher despite strains on Spain and poor investor sentiment in Germany. In equities news, News Ltd has made a $1.97 billion takeover bid for James Packer's ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Stability Fund (EFSF) to buy crisis hit government bonds and that the EU is set to announce a a,-745 billion deal to rescue Spain and Italy. We'll have to wait for the official communiquA(C) for confirmation of course, but I sense that it'll contain ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... set to list on the ASX. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower as investors moved their attention from Greece to Spain and upcoming meetings of the US central bank and leaders of the European Union. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...