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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... points (2.42 per cent) to 2,467.99. Early losses on Wall Street accelerated after the unexpected news that the European Central Bank's chief economist, Juergen Stark, was resigning "for personal reasons". Hours after his resignation was announced, Stark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... currency later recovered to $US1.4109 in late afternoon trading against $US1.4203 late on Friday. The head of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet warned Monday of an immediate and imperative need for enactment of a second debt rescue for Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... ahead sharply on figures that showed the Japanese economy is doing better than expected. Also overnight, the European Central Bank revealed it spent 22 billion euros ($A30.44 billion) last week - more than it has ever done before - to prop up the bond ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... LONDON - Global stocks took another pounding as worries over the downgrade of US debt outweighed relief at the European Central Bank's purchase of Italian and Spanish bonds to help the two countries avoid devastating defaults. The world's leading financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... that the United States was on the brink of a new economic downturn. Markets were also buoyed by rumours that the European Central Bank was buying Spanish and Italian government bonds, which have been pummelled in recent days as investors fret about the ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... debt, he said. Eslake said the wave of selling across Europe was triggered by market disappointment that the European Central Bank did not announce a program specifically to support the Spanish and Italian government debt markets. "Bond yields have been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... Since 1700 (AEST) on Thursday, the local unit traded between 104.55 US cents and 106.89 cents. Overnight, the European Central Bank (ECB) offered extra help to fight the eurozone debt crisis after a warning that countries such as Italy could now be threatened. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... involve Bank of America and UBS. Bond prices fell in the wake of an increase of the key euro interest rate by the European Central Bank. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose to 3.15 per cent from 3.10 per cent late Wednesday, while that on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... dollar in early trade as fears over a possible default by Athens made way for expectations of a rate rise by the European Central Bank (ECB) this week. Traders were spooked in the afternoon when ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned that plans to roll ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... rating, with a negative outlook, for Greece's government bonds. 26 March 2010 -- The announcement by the European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday that it would maintain its minimum credit rating threshold for collateral at Baa3 reduces liquidity risk ...