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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... France's President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her refusal to allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to become a lender of last resort for weaker eurozone countries but once again failed to get any movement. In the absence ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... feeling pressure on several fronts. European powers France and Germany are miles apart over allowing the European Central Bank to rescue the eurozone from a debt crisis threatening to engulf major economies. Also, Spain's borrowing costs have soared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... Monti replaced Silvio Berlusconi. Greece also has a new leader, Lucas Papademos, former deputy chief of the European Central Bank However, Asian markets fell Tuesday following a sell-off in Europe and the United States as dealers began to consider that ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... markets in the wake of earlier respite at news of the change in leadership. Reuters also reported that the European Central Bank (ECB) bought Italian government bonds in the secondary markets yesterday. According to Global investment giant Russell, the ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... member, Greece, amid reports troika representatives (inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central bank and EU) are due to arrive in Athens today, to ensure the country's new prime minister Lucas Papademos, is in a position to ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Greece tapped former central banker Lucas Papademos as interim prime minister and (amid) reports of the European Central Bank buying Italian and Spanish debt," said Scott Marcouiller of Wells Fargo Advisors. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... and/or boosting economic activity. If the Italian government's borrowing costs don't come down soon, the European Central Bank (ECB) may need to shop for more Italian bonds, or the EFSF would need to come into play - and definitely need to be expanded/leveraged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... last week's eurozone rescue package. Investor confidence was also boosted by a surprise rate cut by the European Central Bank. Tokyo finished 1.86 per cent higher, or 160.98 points, at 8,801.40, Sydney jumped 2.62 per cent, or 109.3 points, to 4,281.1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... will start the country's economic recovery. Global markets also rallied on news of an interest cut by the European Central Bank (ECB). At 1219 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 95.1 points higher, or 2.28 per cent, at 4,266.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... turmoil to rack up solid gains on Thursday, helped by earnings reports, slightly improved jobs numbers and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 208.43 points (1.76 per cent) at 12,044.47. ...