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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Ukraine crisis clouded sentiment, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 slid 0.35 per cent to close at 6,798.56 points, while Germany's DAX 30 lost 0.65 per cent to 9,467.53 points and the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.78 per cent to 4,428.07 points. "European ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... March - the fastest in three years -- from 0.3% in the December quarter. As it was for the region's biggest economy - Germany - where economic growth quickened to 0.4% in the first quarter from 0.3% in the December quarter. Even better, the number of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... gains of the last seven consecutive trading days. Overseas markets were mostly higher, led by strong rises in the US and Germany. Positive sentiment was boosted by the fact that sanctions imposed on Russia overnight by the US were not as intense as had ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... per cent, to 16,514.37 overnight, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ was 0.97 per cent higher at 4,161.46 points. Meanwhile, Germany's DAX 30 jumped two per cent to 9,600 points. Mr Radford said the key events to watch on Wednesday would be the release of official ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... 6,681.76 points compared to Thursday's closing level - the last trading day before European markets closed for Easter. Germany's DAX 30 soared 2.02 per cent to 9,600.09 points while the CAC-40 in Paris gained 1.18 per cent to 4,484.21 points. The euro ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... cent on Monday's closing level, at 6,541.61 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 fell 0.89 per cent to close on 4,345.35 points. Germany's DAX 30 tumbled 1.77 per cent to 9,173.71 points, as investors worried about the impact of the Ukraine crisis on Europe's ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... not have. However, developed nations that, like Australia, rely a great deal on exportation generally have higher rates. Germany's, for example, is around the 30% mark on average, while Japan's is more than 38%. While Ciobo made his feelings about the ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... as reflected by the weakening in the euro/US$ exchange rate. This gained momentum last week after CNBC reported that, "Germany's Bundesbank said the ECB could buy loans and other assets from banks to support the euro-zone economy, with the statement ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... markets overnight. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said a sell-off on European markets, particularly in Germany, may have dampened investor sentiment. Manufacturing data out of Germany may not have been as strong as markets had expected ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... especially developed by Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS), the independent index company of Van Eck Global based in Germany. Analysis by MVIS reveals that its equal-weight index has outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 in nine out of the last 12 years. Overall ...