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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... worst is over in the eurozone debt crisis, but risks remain and it is up to governments to resolve them, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says in a newspaper interview. LISBON - Public services across Portugal ground to a halt as unions staged ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... and Portugal and Italy and Spain - time to get their houses in order. This is the same hope expressed by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi last night. While he thinks that the outlook for the single currency area economy "is still subject ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... like the Fed's assessment, a bit like the Bank of England's, a bit like the Bank of Japan's, a bit like the European Central Bank, a bit like the People's Bank of China? The bottom line is that there was nothing fresh in last night's report - only a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... better than expected in recent months. European markets rose, lifted by gains for banking shares as the European Central Bank offered up cheap loans to lenders across the eurozone, boosting the euro. "There's nothing really that should have set the market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... said the local currency could trade higher, dependent on a long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) by the European Central Bank, scheduled for Wednesday (European time). Meanwhile, Australian bond futures prices were lower. At 1200 AEDT on Wednesday ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... & Poor's just downgraded Greek debt to a "selective default" classification? And this, a day before the European Central Bank (ECB) conducts another 3-year LTRO - long-term re-financing operation. Tell someone who cares. It certainly looks that way ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Nomura head of foreign exchange Kurt Magnus said there was a trend of safe-haven buying in the leadup to the European Central Bank's second long-term refinancing operation (LTRO). "We've seen some selling in the antipodean currencies, so both the Aussie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... meeting. Mr Speizer said the main event for financial markets in the coming week would be the launch of the European Central Bank's long-term financing operation (LTRO) on February 29. The December LTRO resulted in 489 million euros ($A611 million) in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... FRANKFURT - Market trading drops by around a half during the World Cup, according to a report published by the European Central Bank, with goals halting trading activity even further. FRANKFURT - German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse says its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... onto modest gains on Thursday, taking in their stride a deal on new austerity measures in Greece as the European Central Bank left its key interest rate at a historic low. Dealers said the tone was cautious while eurozone finance ministers reviewed the ...