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Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... a,-380 billion bailout spent on Greece; and, a,-41 billion for Spain. Looks like we finally get to test the European Central Bank's Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) launched last September and...let's all hope it works. Or is it better punting on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... points, or 0.30 per cent, to 3,232.09. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets maintained earlier gains after the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England held their key rates, forgoing any new stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... the CAC 40 lost 0.35 per cent to 3,773.76 points as markets awaited a monthly rate-setting meeting by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday. Earlier in the day, dealers had taken their cue from Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Obama's business-unfriendly policies. That was also the period when concerns over Europe re-emerged: The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered the single currency area's 2013 growth outlook; but more palpitation-inducing was the uncertainty over which ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... bout of negotiations over the US debt ceiling, the Fed, this time, has gone unlimited. And so too, has the European Central Bank...and soon, the Bank of Japan. These should allow fundamentals to catch up with market pricing. I might just cancel that ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Just give me a reason, any reason. There were big central bank meetings overnight -- the European Central Bank and the Bank of England debated their respective monetary policy settings - but nothing changed. It was same old, same old. So you could imagine ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... market looks set to open lower following the lead of international markets overnight after comments from European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi. At 0646 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was DOWN 11 points at 4,883. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... it on track to match its highest close in five years. The Nasdaq composite was down one point at 3,105. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the struggling euro zone should start growing again later this year, but he warned that the region has ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... stock markets fell as investors digested more US Federal Reserve monetary easing and an EU deal to give the European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory powers over the banking sector. Sentiment was soothed somewhat as the European Union also cleared long-delayed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... higher after gains on markets in Europe and the United States. Stocks in France and Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street was marginally higher as investors remained ...