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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... Investors remained concerned over eurozone data, Argentina's debt default and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Portugal's main exchange also slumped 3.04 per cent, dragged down by banking shares after stricken lender Banco Espirito Santo ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... tougher. The ruble also gained 0.5 per cent to 35.56 to the US dollar, and 0.34 per cent to 47.53 against the euro. But Portugal's main index closed down 3.33 per cent as investors expected troubled Banco Espirito Santo to report significant first-half ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... to see this for this was clearly on parade just over the past very few days. Recall how you fretted Virginia the day Portugal's Banco Espiritu Santo's shares and bonds plunged and trading on them halted on the 10th of this month - the S&P 500 index dipped ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... European stock markets have jumped higher owing to strong economic growth data from China and an improved picture in Portugal, dealers say. London's FTSE 100 rallied 1.11 per cent to 6,784.67 points as Britain's unemployment rate hit 6.5 per cent in ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yeah, yeah, yeah Virginia, the financial troubles of Portugal's Banco Espiritu Santo may have stirred market anxiety last week - for one day (Thursday) last week to be exact - but it hasn't ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's biggest bank were halted overnight after they fell ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down despite recovering somewhat from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... the GDP of Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania; 1%-2% for Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain; 2%-3% for Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France; 3%-4% for Austria, Netherlands and the UK and ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... June" - he did none of that when he delivered his keynote address to the ECB's annual Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal last night. There were no ifs, ands, ors... nor buts. No more "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah..." I can just ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... the first quarter from the previous one, the French economy produced zero growth while that of Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Finland are back with a minus sign in front. A central banker's work is never done, eh?