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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Ltd is 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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
The Australian share market was lower at noon as investors looked beyond the positive election result in Greece to an upcoming meeting of the US central bank. It is hoped that the US Federal Reserve at a meeting on Wednesday will undertake new stimulus ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
No mas por fabor ! You're probably as tired sick of reading about Greece, Spain, QEs and changing rhetoric from the who's who of the G-20 as I am writing about them. Good thing equity markets in Australia and Asia were able to celebrate Greece's decision ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... the market on Monday gained almost two per cent as relieved investors bought mining stocks after the election result in Greece. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 79.6 points, or 1.96 per cent, higher at 4,136.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Australian shares opened almost 1.5 per cent higher after Greece elected the pro-bailout New Democracy party to power. At 1022 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 56.6 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,113.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... There's no time to lose." With these words pro-bailout New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras hasn't only claimed victory as Greece's new leader - and game of chicken captain - but he may have just pulled out the Eurozone from a near death experience... ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... Friday closed slightly higher, but trading volumes were low as investors remained cautious ahead of the weekend elections in Greece. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 15.1 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 4,057.3 points, while the broader All ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
National elections at the weekend will be crucial in deciding if Greece stays in the eurozone or not, with polls indicating that left-wing party Syriza is on equal standing with pro-austerity party New Democracy. Syriza has threatened to tear up stringent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the local market continued to be volatile in the lead up to elections in Greece and France on the weekend. "The focus in the short term has been on speculation with what's going to happen with the two major ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... total of 775 hedge funds were liquidated last year - the most since 2009. I'm afraid that until we get greater clarity on Greece - hopefully after this Sunday's elections - and corresponding central bank policy responses, volatility and the general feeling ...