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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... points, to 18,922.32. The G8 leaders, meeting at the US president's retreat at Camp David on Saturday, said they wanted Athens to stay part of the currency union and urged it to stick to bailout terms. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.05 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... 5.2 billion euros ($A6.72 billion) payout sent stocks tumbling more than one per cent, but later officials assured that Athens would get at least 4.2 billion euros ($A5.43 billion). At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 97.03 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... 130-billion-euro ($A161.3 billion) bailout in spite of its MPs voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests. ATHENS - Firefighters have been dousing smouldering buildings and clean-up crews are sweeping rubble from the streets ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... agree a debt deal have pushed Australian shares lower at the open. European bourses posted a second day of losses after Athens once again failed to reach an agreement to restructure its debt with private creditors and agree details for a second bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... closed higher after massive losses the previous day as investors waited for key meetings between EU and Greek leaders on Athens' shock plan to put its latest debt rescue to a referendum. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed up 1.15 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... yen on Wednesday. Also on Thursday, international auditors resumed talks in Greece to decide whether the government in Athens was doing enough to merit more financial aid amid mounting social tension over the government's austerity measures. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... since June 2001. Paris shares were dented by banks that are seen as exposed to risky sovereign debt in Italy and Greece. Athens on Wednesday unveiled more painful cuts to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the European Union and International Monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... called for drastic reforms to strengthen economic governance of the eurozone, hours after resigning abruptly on Friday. ATHENS - Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has announced new budget cuts totalling around 2 billion euros ($A2.64 billion) ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... cent, Brussels 2.8 per cent, Madrid 2.77 per cent, Swiss stocks 2.5 per cent and Lisbon 2.16 per cent. The Athens stock exchange's main index closed up 7.98 per cent, cheered by government pledges to speed up privatisation and reforms days after EU and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... surged and on Tuesday the Swiss central bank sprang a surprise, setting a target "peg" exchange rate against the euro. Athens raised short-term funds at reduced rates, but Greece and also Italy are at the centre of renewed tension over the eurozone debt ...