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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... 51 cents at $33.65 and Oil Search had dropped four cents to $7.97. Commonwealth Bank had shed 82 cents to $91.04, National Bank had fallen 14 cents to $36.92, ANZ had dropped three cents to $35.06 and Westpac was 12 cents weaker at $36.71. Rio Tinto ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... down." The other big banks fared better, with Westpac up five cents to $36.86, ANZ had gained 19 cents to $35.09 and National Bank was one cent lower at $37.02. Tumbling crude oil prices overnight hurt the energy and mining sectors. Santos was down 24 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... major banks at 1200 AEDT, Commonwealth Bank was 28 cents lower at $92.99, ANZ had eased 11 cents to $34.87, and National Bank had dipped three cents to $36.94. But Westpac had lifted 24 cents to $36.68. Oil and gas producer Woodside was up 51 cents at ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was the same time as the Reserve Bank ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... symbolic barrier of 10 per cent. Piraeus Bank lost nearly 29 per cent, Alpha Bank was down around 26 per cent and National Bank and Eurobank shed around 25 per cent. Meanwhile the euro dropped to $US1.1342 from $US1.1380 late in New York on Tuesday. ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... far, we've gotten central bank surprises a-plenty... and they're not kinder surprises either. We've seen the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stomp the CHF1.20/euro line in the sand it drew way back in September 2011 and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lower ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... of a $US300 million ($A324.59 million) loan was enough to cover unbacked client losses sustained after the Swiss National Bank's unexpected decision Thursday to abandon the cap on the franc-euro rate. But since then details of Leucadia's deal suggested ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
There's no question about it... the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) surprise move was the biggest story in the financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live". In fact, so certain of an ECB QE was the Swiss National Bank (SNB) that it bet its house when it removed the CHF1.20 per euro ceiling last week. The resulting sharp appreciation of the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... 0.79 per cent to 6,550.27 points. Meanwhile Switerzerland's SMI tumbled 5.96 per cent, still reeling from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) abruptly ending Thursday its policy to hold down the value of the franc, which saw the currency soar. The SNB came ...