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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... doubt the weakness in Wall Street overnight following further concerns on what's happening in the political landscape in Greece and France and whether those actions in those countries will further affect decisions on the funding of sovereign debt," he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... European markets plummeted with sentiment dominated by uncertainty in the euro zone after weekend elections in France and Greece At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 20 points at 4,279. No major economic news ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... of a bounce this morning," he said. US stocks closed mixed, showing little impact from the weekend votes in France and Greece which cast doubt on the path of financial reform across the troubled euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... ever-evolving European tragedy. Equity markets around the world copped a thrashing - a eurothrashing - as elections in France and Greece brought fresh uncertainty over Europa. Monsieur Sarkozy is out. Hollande is in. Au revoire Merkozy. It'll be Frangela ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... mixed and European stocks finished higher with bourses settling and showing little impact of the elections in France and Greece. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,323. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Friday and the euro lost ground, but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections there and in Greece. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent to close at 5,655.06 points, the Paris CAC 40 shed 1.90 per cent to 3,161.97 points ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... double-dip again people), and now fresh political uncertainty - Monsieur Hollande is now President-in-waiting in France and Greece is looking likely to have a hung Parliament - added to Europe's sovereign debt crisis, the near-term omen for equities ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... its demand for more, more, more austerity before releasing funds saw sharp contractions in Asian economies. Too bad for Greece, the IMF's light bulb moment didn't come earlier. But back to the point. America has its own instant replay version. Corporate ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... the fiscal austerity path. Want more proof? We all know about the humungous spending cuts the IMF/ECB/EU troika demanded Greece implement and adhere to before approving its second bailout last month. Well folks, the Greek central bank came out with revised ...