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Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... opts out or is ejected. For Greece will set a precedent for the next prodigal member... and the next. It won't happen overnight, but it could happen. Then again, it might not but I wouldn't go daring Murphy's Law -- "anything that can wrong, will go ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... Monday's carnage when $40 billion was wiped off the share market. There were heavy falls in US and European markets overnight, particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed and the odds of a eurozone exit increase. ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... the Australian sharemarket on Monday in one of its worst sessions in years as part of a global selloff that continued overnight. Wall Street contracted sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 350 points, or almost two per cent, and the S&P ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... still... nada, nil, zilch. Still, financial markets remain relatively calm. The VIX index - the fear gauge - climbed overnight but at 14.01, is still below the 15.39 reading high this month (when the Greek saga went from simmer to boil) and way below ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... near three-year low of 680.88 points last week, the Athex Composite Index has soared by 16.8% by the close of trading overnight. Similarly, the yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropped from a 2-month high of 12.76% to 10.36% last night. That certainly equates ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... prizes for guessing, but Greece takes the prize, leading the jump - the Athens SE General Index vaulted an even 9.0% overnight - and the dive - yields on 10-year Greek bonds sank 150 basis points to 11.165% -- as last month, last week and yesterday's ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street stocks rose one per cent overnight. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,505. The Nasdaq has powered to a fresh record, easily ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... it was Friday and yesterday. Grexit here we come! And yet, the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - dropped 3.8% to 14.81 overnight. And yet, European stocks rebounded - the Stoxx 600 index increased by 0.65% -- after Friday (minus 0.9%) and Monday's (minus ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,574. US stocks were up 0.6 per cent, ending a two-day ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... early trade with investors ignoring offshore weakness and looking for bargains after recent falls. Overseas markets fell overnight, with European stocks especially punished due to Greece being set to default on 6.7 billion euro ($A9.73 billion) in debt. ...