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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... not prevent the economy from slipping back into recession next year. He warned on Monday that Italy would "collapse" like Greece if it does not adopt harsh austerity measures. Dublin stocks added 1.72 per cent as the Irish government began rolling out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... cent warning threshold at a bond sale closely watched by investors worried that the country may need a bailout. ATHENS - Greece's top bank NBG says it has lost 1.346 billion euros ($A1.82 billion) in the first nine months of the year after factoring ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... the yield of its two-year bonds surged to its highest level since 2003. Belgian 10-year yields jumped to more than 5%. Greece is being asked to strangle its economy some more with more austerity measures. The US economy continues to meander along the ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... contagion -- continue to dominate. Notwithstanding recent data indicating that the US economy is re-accelerating and despite Greece and Italy have new PMs - Papademus and Monti. Gold may have fallen by 9.2% after reaching an-all time of US$1898.25 per ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Fitch ratings agency warned that the contagion effects on US banks were "potentially large" if the crisis spreads beyond Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. It pointed to the risks in France, where banks are being weakened by their own eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... continued to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. Dealers said there was some respite as Italy and Greece put in place new governments committed to tough economic reforms but all eurozone nations bar powerhouse Germany were ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... to form a government, the country's 10-year cost of borrowing jumped back above the danger level of 7.0 per cent. Italy, Greece and Spain all paid sharply higher rates to raise fresh funds. Market watchers are waiting for Italy's new leader Mario Monti ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... wary eye on the eurozone debt crisis as Italian, Spanish and French borrowing costs spiked worryingly higher. As Italy, Greece and Spain paid sharply higher rates to raise fresh funds, French stocks fell more than two per cent in early trade, with similar ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... ability to repay," said chief investment officer Andrew Pease. Pease also differentiates between the crises facing Italy and Greece, namely that the Italian issue is one of liquidity, not solvency. "This is a crucial distinction as a liquidity crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... the market on Monday closed marginally higher as investors remained cautious despite changes of leadership in Italy and Greece. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,304.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...