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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... cold weather. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slipped after recent strong gains, with traders sitting tight as the eurozone awaits fresh central bank stimulus. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.74 per cent on Tuesday to close at 6,889.13 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... stocks were mixed after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen dampened speculation of a rate hike before summer, and as eurozone finance ministers backed Greek reforms critical to avoiding a disastrous default. Sydney rose 0.30 per cent, or 17.92 points ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose with London's benchmark index soaring to its highest level on record after eurozone finance ministers backed an extension of Greece's bailout. In Athens, the ATHEX index of leading companies also surged on Tuesday ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... recession since 2008. If so, why so? Why has the Australian equity market outperformed its most of its peers (except for the Eurozone - the Stoxx 600 is up 11.4% this year to date -- which is in the midst of throwing bucket loads of money at its problem)? ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... buoyed by hopes that Greece's creditors will throw it a "lifeline" to ease its debt crisis and help it avoid a painful eurozone exit. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index finished up 0.60 per cent at 10,961 points on Wednesday, while in Paris the CAC 40 closed 0.95 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... added 5.43 (0.11 per cent) at 4,899.27. US stocks opened lower after the latest round of talks between Greece and the eurozone over restructuring its bailout ended abruptly Monday without agreement. However, news later that Greece might be amenable to ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... on it. In his recent interview with the BBC, said that, "I don't think it will be resolved without Greece leaving the eurozone".

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... European stocks closed slightly off as investors awaited the outcome of high-stakes debt talks between Greece and its eurozone partners in Brussels. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dipped 0.24 per cent to close at 6,857.05 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... set to open higher after falls or flat performances on international bourses ahead of the conclusion of an emergency eurozone meeting on the Greek crisis. At 0858 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,738. ...

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
"Greece has now become like herpes to the Eurozone, once you catch it you can't get rid of it." This is what I typed on this space way back in June 2011 when the Europeans were in the midst of a sovereign debt crisis with Greece at the epicentre of ...