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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... and in Paris the CAC 40 dropped 1.07 per cent to 3,672.77 points. TOKYO - Asian stocks fell on growing concern that US lawmakers will not break a deadlock on a deal to avert a default by the world's richest country. Adding to downward pressure was news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... June. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, following big losses on Wall Street, as the deadline approaches for US lawmakers to strike a deal to avert default. Adding to selling pressure was a decision by Standard & Poor's to further downgrade Greece's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... fell 2.04 per cent to 3,650.71 points, its lowest point of the year. HONG KONG - Asian stocks edged down on fears US lawmakers will not agree a budget to avoid a default in the world's number one economy as well as the ongoing eurozone crisis. Investors ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating whether to increase the federal government's $14.29 trillion debt ceiling. The US Government hit the ceiling ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... go. Thank you Mister President. Wall Street fell led by healthcare and bank stocks as Obama stepped up his call to US lawmakers to pass legislation on his proposed overhaul of the health system and his plan to limit banks' size and their trading activity. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... 4,032.1. TOKYO - Japan-based shares plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday, breaching a three-year low after US lawmakers unexpectedly rejected the Wall Street bailout. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 483.75 points, or ...
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