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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... Securities associate director John Curtin said the domestic market had been influenced by successful bond auctions in Spain and Italy which caused European markets to rally. "The main driver this morning is the positive yields on Spanish and Italian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower after global stock markets dropped on concerns that Spain and Italy may be the next countries to succumb to the eurozone debt crisis. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... 6,743.24 points. In Milan, leading Italian stocks were 1.23 per cent higher, while in Madrid they declined by 0.75 per cent. Italy raised 4.9 billion euros in a bond issue on Thursday, short of its maximum target, but the rate of return demanded by investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... back from the prior day's steep losses, lifted by Alcoa's surprise quarterly profit and easing bond yields in Spain and Italy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday closed up 89.46 points (0.70 per cent) at 12,805.39. EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Spanish bond yields are rising again. The yield on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to a 4-month high of 5.98% while those of Italy's jumped to 5.69% -- the highest in a month. OMG! I'm so scared. They're heading back up to the record 6.71% (Spain) and 7.29% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... elections in the southern region of Andalusia. In Milan, the market was up 0.81 per cent as investors continued to favour Italy over Spain. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as lingering concerns about the Chinese economy cancelled out a positive ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... conducive to making mo' money. No sir! Better stuff your savings under the bed. Greece will default - Portugal, Spain and Italy, maybe. The Eurozone economy will recede, and perhaps take the UK down with it. Worse, the Eurozone will implode and the single ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... ahead of a meeting by EU finance ministers to sign off on Greece's new bailout, while traders also digested weak data from Italy and China. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.09 per cent to 5,888.30 points on Monday. In Paris, the CAC 40 ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... However, the current stability in the financial markets and the optimism that it engenders could give Greece - and Portugal and Italy and Spain - time to get their houses in order. This is the same hope expressed by European Central Bank President Mario ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... stock markets closed higher as an EU summit gave the all clear on the latest Greek bailout accord and borrowing costs for Italy and Spain fell sharply. AT 1030 AEDT on the local market more than 450 stocks were higher, 174 were lower and 285 were unc ...