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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... - Britain's top share index jumped 2.83 per cent as a flurry of data boosted the chances of a rate cut at the Bank of England's policy meeting on Thursday and pushed up banking stocks. The FTSE 100 index ended up 178.6 points, at 6,493.8, as several ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... index was 71.4 points lower at 6,315.2 points, as traders looked ahead to a key interest rate decision from the Bank of England later in the week. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7808.94 points, down 28.32 or 0.36 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index ...

Praemium wins UK platform deal

... investors using Praemium's technology. "To us it is a major milestone. It's the first revenue-generating deal we're making in England," said Naoumidis, adding that the sheer scale of the $35 billion platform also hints at the breadth of opportunities ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... the great depression of the 1930s. In its first credit crunch post-mortem - the quarterly inflation report - the Bank of England is sure to take the scalpel to interest rates with the prognosis for both economic growth and inflation looking pretty gr ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... interest rate cut in the United States also had kept the mood positive locally. "I think so. It looks like the Bank of England might do the same thing (lower rates)... so a softening of interest rates, probably globally (has boosted the market)." Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.14 points at 2,733.57. LONDON - Britain's top share index rose after major central banks in England and Europe kept interest rates on hold, while Northern Rock led gains after sources said Citigroup had offered funding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... Northern Rock continued to withdraw savings after the bank was forced last week to seek emergency funding from the Bank of England. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.10 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 13,403.42. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped ...

Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... worry is that if this can happen to an institution like Northern Rock then what hope the rest, which is why the Bank of England stepped in with an emergency line of credit though it is yet to be called upon by Northern Rock. Indeed in Australia, concerns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... fell after British mortgage firm Northern Rock became the latest casualty of the global credit squeeze, with the Bank of England having to step in to help with liquidity" Mr Sebastian said. "We also have the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting tomorrow ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage sector. "There was news that Northern Rock had to go cap in hand to the Bank of England... due to losses related to US sub-prime woes," RBC senior currency strategist Sue Trinh said. The Financial Times reported ...