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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... euro rose slightly against the greenback, to $US1.0590 from $US1.0489 on Friday. LONDON - European stocks rallied on optimism over quantitative easing in the eurozone, with Frankfurt topping 12,000 points for the first time. Germany's leading stock market ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... the CPI is likely to slow for the time being, reflecting the decline in energy prices". This is also the same economic optimism exhibited by the BOJ at its 7 October meeting right before announcing a A¥20 trillion increase its monetary base expansion ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... after giving back early gains made by the big banks. The local market opened higher following gains on Wall Street amid optimism on Greek debt talks. CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said banks were amongst the leading performers at the open, with ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street amid optimism that a bailout extension deal will be reached between Greece and its creditors. At 0857 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... market on Friday rallied to a six-week year high due to Rio Tinto's massive shareholder returns, rising oil prices and optimism from a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 133.9 points, or 2.33 per cent, at 5,877.5. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... Rio Tinto's profit growth and massive return to investors. A strong lead from Wall Street, rising commodity prices and optimism driven by a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine also boosted investor sentiment. "We've got a number of factors supporting the ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... at 5,666.2. NEW YORK - The Dow has gained more than 300 points as US stocks rallied on higher oil prices and greater optimism over a deal to renegotiate Greece's debt. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 305.36 points (1.76 per cent) to 17,666.40. ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... said that better business conditions, increasing hiring intentions and growing investment intentions were "one basis for optimism about the outlook going into 2015." However, "business confidence is moving in the opposite direction because of politics," ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... below its 6% target set for 2016 - giving it more scope to lower interest rates some more. You could almost taste this optimism in the 30% jump in the Sensex-30 index last year and its 2.3% gain this year to date.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... follow-through buying after last Friday's steep gains," said Markus Huber, senior analyst at broker Peregrine & Black. "Increasing optimism that the ECB will finally announce QE (stimulus) during their monthly meeting later this week is continuing to ...