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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... slipped 0.10 per cent. German business confidence rebounded in November to the highest level for more than 18 months. Germany's Ifo economic institute's business climate index - a key measure of the mood in the industry and trade sectors of Europe's ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... by US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't or the NSA missed a single ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... will keep the US central bank's stimulus policy in place. Investors brushed aside news that economic activity slowed in Germany and contracted in France in the third quarter, with gains in the US constrained by disappointing earnings. Europe's main stock ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... crisis" and "means UK is expected to have one of the highest growth rates among advanced economies. It will grow faster than Germany, Japan, France and Canada next year, according to growth estimates from each country's central bank". I can't blame Mark ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... 100 index fell 0.66 per cent to 6,697.22 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.14 per cent to 4,280.99 points. But Germany's DAX 30 added 0.44 per cent to hit a new record 9,081.03 points. A euro changed hands for just $US1.3388, after sinking as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... cent to 4,286.93 points. The euro recovered against the US dollar as dealers reacted to upbeat industrial orders from Germany. The euro recovered to $US1.3529 from $US1.3474 late in New York on Tuesday, when it had hit its lowest point since September ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... China is the real Keynesian. In Europe, if not for the political comedy in Washington, we would be watching the one in Germany instead. More than one month after the elections - yes there was one - Germany still has no government. Victor (or is it victoria?) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... the fifth month in a row in September, inching up to 107.7 points from 107.6 points in August. Business confidence in Germany is continuing to rise, albeit slowly, suggesting that the burgeoning recovery in Europe's biggest economy is on track even if ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... per cent to 8,596.95 points and the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.16 per cent to 4,145.51 points. Investment sentiment in Germany rose to its highest level in three-and-a-half years in September amid growing optimism in Europe's biggest economy, a new survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... lost 79.05 (2.16 per cent) at 3,578.52. LONDON - Most European equities fell sharply as investors ignored solid data from Germany and eyed possible military intervention in Syria, sending the price of safe-haven gold soaring. While London's FTSE 100 ...