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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... AEDT. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said Moody's decision to downgrade the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal was behind the weak start on the local market. "That's obviously given the market the impetus to go downwards," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... lowered their credit rating of Spanish banks, including the country's four largest lenders, following their downgrade of Spain last month. WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is selling a $US3.8 trillion ($A3.57 trillion) election-year budget - a ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... remains in expansion mode. Plus, have you heard that bond auctions in Europe continued to go well? There was strong demand for Spain's a,-4.56 bil auction and France's a,-8B auction of 10-years - and at lower interest rates - last night. Take that Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Wednesday, extending the previous day's rally thanks to upbeat US and German data as well as successful bond auctions in Spain and Greece. However, eurozone fears continued to cast a shadow while financial plays were weighed by disappointing earnings ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... Schettino, and are getting on board. Take for instance, the successful bond and bill auctions of France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) right straight after S&P lopped their credit ratings. To paraphrase what I ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... lower yield. And according to Bloomberg, "The yield on France's 10-year bond dropped four basis points to 3.03 percent. Spain's 10-year yield fell four basis points to 5.19 percent, after advancing 10 basis points. The yield on Italy's 10-year bonds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... risk that European bonds will be sold and yields increased to levels that will be too high for nations such as Italy and Spain to pay over the longer term." At 1030 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.9 points, or 0.9 per cent ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... Europe. Many, many moons after Greece was discovered to have a debt problem -- and then Ireland, and then Portugal, and then Spain -- European authorities are still to come up with a solution that contains the three C's - credible, concerted and concrete ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... points, also 0.4 per cent, at 4,255.4. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on S&P's downgrade of France, Spain, Austria and Italy and new worries over Greece Friday, but still ended the day in the red. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... for these markets is still on the downside, even though there was some slightly better news with bond sales in Italy and Spain, they've not been reflected in the market." Looking ahead, Mr Ive said he thought there could be some movement in the Australian ...