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Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... this year's US$0.9705 low hit on the first of June. The reason is quite clear - widespread expectations that the Fed and the ECB will do some stimulation of sorts will stimulate global growth and tickle appetites for commodities (outside of corn, wheat ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do everything possible to preserve the euro. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Friday closed at its strongest level in a week after ECB head Mario Draghi vowed to do whatever he could to preserve the euro. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 62.1 points, or ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do everything possible to preserve the euro. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... 1,360.02. The tech-rich Nasdaq gained 39.01 (1.37 per cent) to 2,893.25. The normally cautious head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, gave his most resounding defence of the under-siege currency to date, sending markets around the world ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Australian dollar was just following suit in terms of what happened with the Dow Jones industrial average. "Comments from an ECB (European Central Bank) policy maker regarding the possibility of the ESM (European Stability Fund) gaining a banking licence ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... and whispers. And oh, digging around for reasons on why the glass is half empty. It was risk on after cyberspace got wind of ECB council member Ewald Nowotny telling Bloomberg that the ESM - Europe's permanent rescue fund - could have a banking license. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... weaker-than-expected numbers on new-home sales. Overseas financial markets were also buoyed overnight on news the European Central Bank (ECB) could boost the euro zone's new bailout fund - easing concerns about the region's economies. At 0805 AEST on ...