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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... stock market was 80 points, or 1.8 per cent, higher with gains across the board. European markets rallied on Friday after France, Belgium, Spain and Italy banned the speculative practice of short-selling stocks to combat "false rumours" that have destabilised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... steadily since early Friday evening, driven by a recovery in European equity markets. European markets rallied on Friday after France, Belgium, Spain and Italy banned the speculative practice of short-selling stocks to combat "false rumours" that have ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... between 0-0.25% till the middle of year 2013, equity markets crashed the day after when the rumour mills spread the word that France would be losing an A on its 'AAA' credit rating. And the day after the day after - that was last night - well, you know ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... closed solidly in the green zone. Earlier in the day they had swung violently between losses and gains on rumours about France's fiscal strength and potential debt defaults by Italy and Spain. The 30 Dow blue-chips were all higher, led by a 16 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... St and renewed concerns about eurozone debt. Overnight, French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised new measures to slash France's public deficit amid fears that France could be the next country after the United States to suffer a top credit-rating downgrade. ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... at the close with equity gauges in the core countries of the Eurozone dropping big time. The German DAX index lost 5.1%; France's CAC-40 index gave up 5.4%; Italy's MIB index plunged 6.7%. And across the North Sea, the (literally) burning United Kingdom ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... European bourses, spurred by worries of possible problems with Greece's new bailout deal and a rumoured ratings downgrade of France and/or French banks. Bank shares led the drop in the US markets, amid speculation that they faced more pressure to stop ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... purchases "risk currency debasement and inflation" and won't boost employment." Similarly, finance authorities of Germany, France, China, Brazil and most emerging markets criticised the Fed's November 2010 decision and even publicly called it "irresponsible". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... triple A rating for the US. Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 3.4 per cent at 5,068.95, while France's CAC-40 slid 4.7 per cent to 3,125.19. Germany's DAX tumbled a further five per cent at 5,923.27. Greece's main stock market ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... provider Invocare. Ramsay Health Care would benefit from the growing population and was expanding its operations in the UK and France, he said. Invocare's revenue growth is also linked to population demographics, in particular the ageing baby boomers. ...