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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... will remain in pause and will react to developments abroad," he said. Europe's debt crisis remained in the spotlight, with Spain asking for help for its beleaguered banks and Cyprus flagging its banks may need EU aid when finance ministers and central ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... better-than-expected service sector PMIs today (good) - and the constantly changing verdict about what happens to Greece, Spain, the Eurozone. News out last night was good, the G7 held a telecon and promised to work together to solve the debt crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... after recent heavy losses driven by fears the eurozone debt crisis is far from resolved and could bring down struggling Spain. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 slipped 0.19 per cent to 5,969.40 points while in Paris the CAC 40 gained 1.07 per cent to 2,986.10 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... China. Dealers said trade was relatively quiet on Monday after the turmoil of recent weeks, as investors kept close watch on Spain, seen by many as most at risk of needing a debt bailout to follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal. A public holiday in London ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... the Dow plunged by 3.2% on the 9th because Italian bond yields surged way above bailout territory - 7.48% -- Greece and Spain were about to hold elections and Frau Angie proposed allowing members to exit the eurozone without losing EU membership. That ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... night (yipeee!), the Wall Street Journal reports that the IMF "has started discussing contingency plans for a rescue loan to Spain" if the government proves unable to bail out its banking system (booo!). Given all this uncertainty, it's quite understandable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... pair in more than 11 years. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell for a second day and the euro sank to new lows on Thursday as Spain's banking crisis threatened to spin out of control and force Madrid into a financial rescue. The heavy losses followed a sell-off ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... spectre of contagion and Eurozone disintegration loom large once more. Once again, headlines are filled with ghost stories. Spain's about to blow. It's credit default swap hit a record high of almost 600 basis points last night and the yield on its 10-years ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... 4,148.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have dived in the wake of European and Asian losses on rising investor worries about Spain's weak banks. The yield on the US Treasury's 10-year bond hit an all-time record low and the US dollar reached a nearly two-year ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Stoxx to finish last night's session with a 0.8% gain. Heck, even the Athens SE General index jumped by 1.9% overnight! Spain's IBEX 35 index dropped by 2.3% though - and with good reasons. Fresh data showed that retail spending there plunged by 9.8% ...