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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... kept rates on hold. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,786. The ECB on Thursday kept its key refinancing rate unchanged at an all-time low of 0.50 per cent in a widely anticipated move. Also as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... per cent to 3,852.44 points. The euro rose to $US1.3089 from $US1.3079 late in New York on Tuesday, and before Thursday's ECB interest rate call on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, taking a negative lead from Wall Street as data showed the US ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... most thought would part ways with the euro not so long ago. Sure, we can put this down to last September's launched of the ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - which reduced tail risks in the market -- and the bank's reduction in interest rates ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... the economy. How's that bad for the equity markets? Speaking of doublespeak, there was none at the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB executive board member Joerg Asmussen made sure his message was not misunderstood lest punters take their selling to Europe. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... confidence data from France and a sharp slide in German import prices has fuelled expectations of further easing from the ECB at next week's rate meeting". HONG KONG - Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, with Tokyo clawing back some ground in choppy trade ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... oh, the unemployment rate was clocked at a record high of 12.1% in March. It could be due to the European Central Bank's (ECB) 25 basis point interest rate reduction last month that took interest rates to an all-time low of 0.50%. It could be due to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... indices. Stocks also got an upward boost from fresh comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who said the ECB could take additional steps if economic conditions warranted, Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global Capital said The ECB cut its ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' for more action after rate cut (FT) All good. Everything's well again. Forget all those disappointing data sets out ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... in Europe last night but even if there were markets remained dreamy-eyed dreaming about tomorrow's European Central Bank (ECB) rate cut announcement. Doubts are slowly emerging whether or not this would happen, but it's still nice to dream. A number ...