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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Ebola virus, also prompted unease. LONDON - European stocks fell after disappointing data released on the eve of a key eurozone interest rate call, with investors also nervous over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... so long ago?). There's the world economy - China's slowing, Japan's re-slowing and deflation continues to threaten the Eurozone. There's overvaluation, there's deteriorating market technicals. There's the sharply ascending US dollar. The US dollar index ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... concerns about the jobs market. Other reports included a disappointing reading on Chinese manufacturing and a drop in eurozone inflation in September to the lowest level since the financial crisis. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Securities. LONDON - European equities have rebounded a day after tumbling on a sharp slowdown of business activity in the eurozone amid hopes the ECB will step up its stimulus, dealers say. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.45 per cent on ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... north-east; Australia, Canada and New Zealand are in the north-west; the US and UK are in the south-west; and Japan, the Eurozone, Switzerland and Scandinavia are in the south-east." The financial health of the western bloc countries is closely tied ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Securities. LONDON - European equities have rebounded a day after tumbling on a sharp slowdown of business activity in the eurozone amid hopes the ECB will step up its stimulus, dealers say. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.45 per cent on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... second-largest economy. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have slumped for the third straight session as data showed a weakening eurozone economy and US tax rules to fight inversions hit pharmaceutical stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished off ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... reading came in better than expectations and indicating that the economy is re-accelerating, it's a different story for the Eurozone. Markit Economics's flash Eurozone PMI for September came in lower than market expectations and down from the August ...

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... opportunities linked to the recent economic and financial reforms. Being granted one of the first RQFII licenses in the Eurozone underlines our unrivalled footprint and commitment to continue to offer investment solutions to our clients looking to tap ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... hoping for but the fridge - along with the promise that the kitchen sink would come later - was good enough. With the eurozone economy in a coma - second quarter real GDP growth was zero - and low-flation - annual rate of CPI inflation currently at 0.3% ...