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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... manufacturing declined for the third straight month and as investors weighed prospects of new bond-buying by the European Central Bank. At close, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies was 1.50 per cent lower at 5585.61 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... our friends in the US not giving us much direction." Europe's main stock markets rose amid growing hopes the European Central Bank (ECB) may unveil a bond-buying program later this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... The markets were closed for a public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose amid growing hopes the European Central Bank (ECB) could unveil a bond-buying program later this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. At close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... news that Mario Draghi would not attend the annual summit of central bank chiefs stoked speculation of a new European Central Bank program of buying bonds of indebted eurozone states is near. London's FTSE 100 closed down 0.02 per cent to 5775.71 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... end of week positive lead, boosted by new hints at stimulus from the Federal Reserve and more reports on the European Central Bank's possible bond buying. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 4,357. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... late on Tuesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian shares slipped but the euro held onto recent gains amid hopes of European Central Bank action to rein in surging eurozone borrowing costs and ahead of talks on debt-ridden Greece. Investors were also keenly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Asian shares closed mostly higher, shrugging off uncertainty over the eurozone debt crisis after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for action to drive down borrowing costs. But Tokyo's Nikkei index on Tuesday slipped after the previous ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... flat following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis. At 0759 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... since early April. Banking stocks led the German gains after Merkel said in Canada on Thursday that she backed European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's position on making sure the euro would not fail. Commerzbank jumped 3.27 per cent to 1.26 euros ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... spurred by comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Canada, which appeared to give solid backing for the European Central Bank (ECB). Traders took the comments to mean that Mrs Merkel could be warming to the possibility of the ECB buying bonds ...