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Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Standard & 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 ...

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
... board 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) ...

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
... held 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... Overnight, Greek ministers began their final meeting to agree on austerity measures required for the bailout. The European Central Bank was due to meet on Thursday (European time) for its own rates decision, and traders were hoping for some sign of the ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Briganti, said that convergence on the issue of easing monetary policy would result in greater intervention by the European Central Bank to buy time for governments to reduce debt and absorb the 2011 China inflation scare. At home, "materially easier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... opening gains. Additionally, reports that banks would use an upcoming offer of very cheap three-year funds from the European Central Bank (ECB) to source twice or even three times the nearly 500 billion euros ($A618.77 billion) they took in December ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... European bourses. Reports that Greece could have a new debt deal in place by the end of the week and news that the European Central Bank (ECB) has been buying Portuguese bonds in the secondary market boosted European shares overnight. A fresh agreement ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... crisis there. As a result, most European equity indices fell by more than 1% while we slept. And to think the European Central Bank's (ECB) long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) that injected liquidity into the banking system was doing just fine in ...