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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... highest closing levels since December 2007 as Wall Street players cheered positive economic data and the European Central Bank's (ECB) new plan to help ailing eurozone countries in the bond market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.87 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... At 0818 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,295. The European Central Bank is due to meeting on Thursday (European time), with all eyes on president Mario Draghi for new measures to fight the region's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... manufacturing declined for the third straight month and as investors weighed prospects of new bond-buying by the European Central Bank. At close, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies was 1.50 per cent lower at 5585.61 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... friends in the US not giving us much direction." Europe's main stock markets rose amid growing hopes the European Central Bank (ECB) may unveil a bond-buying program later this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. London's FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... markets were closed for a public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose amid growing hopes the European Central Bank (ECB) could unveil a bond-buying program later this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. At close on Monday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... of week positive lead, boosted by new hints at stimulus from the Federal Reserve and more reports on the European Central Bank's possible bond buying. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 4,357. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... shares closed mostly higher, shrugging off uncertainty over the eurozone debt crisis after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for action to drive down borrowing costs. But Tokyo's Nikkei index on Tuesday slipped after the previous day's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis. At 0759 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... by comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Canada, which appeared to give solid backing for the European Central Bank (ECB). Traders took the comments to mean that Mrs Merkel could be warming to the possibility of the ECB buying bonds from weak ...