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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... closer reading the data was more positive, the headline numbers were a shock to already nervous investors. A very sharp spike in Spanish short-term borrowing costs at the first cash raising exercise by the new right-wing government elected at the weekend ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... $1.3457 in New York late Thursday. European shares have fallen sharply this week as Italy, Spain and even France faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs, in a dangerous new phase as the debt crisis showed new signs of spreading. The yield or rate of return ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... amid concerns over feared contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. Spain's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Composite lost 51.62 (1.96 per cent) to 2,587.99. LONDON - European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. In London ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
If I'm being slack, I'll be writing only one single sentence this morning - and that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European ...

Perpetual resources focus looks offshore

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Chinese buying commodities everyday while equity investors are taking a far more momentum-driven view. "That has created a spike in most commodities while today equities are discounting so we have seen a massive deraising in equities and while commodity ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Retail investors are seeking refuge from volatile equity markets by increasingly investing in fixed interest funds, according to bond manager PIMCO's net fund inflows. The investment management firm said monthly amounts invested in its funds have risen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
Australian shares were marginally higher at noon as a positive lead from the US was counterbalanced by continued worries about Europe's debt problems. At noon, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.1 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 4,290.7 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
The Grinch may be stealing Xmas from Europe but Santa Claus is coming to town in America. Yes folks, we're still so many sleeps away from the 12 days of Christmas but I'm already on Christmas countdown - I'll explain why later. And yes to you too gentle ...