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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... debt swap would be successful. The euro bounced back above $US1.32 with dealers shrugging off decisions by central banks the ECB and Bank of England to keep interest rates steady as expected. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index jumped 1.18 per cent to ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... 90% participation it may cancel the bond swap - and this, we know, is an integral part of its recent accord with the EU/IMF/ECB for the disbursement of a,-130 bil bail out. Or it can activate its CAC - collective action clause - forcing reluctant bondholders ...

Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... implications for growth going forward," said Thomson. K2 said issues to watch going forward will be whether measures taken by ECB and the Federal Reserve are working and what is happening in equity markets. "We have just come out of what was one of the ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... contraction territory with a reading of 49 in February and inflation quickened to 2.7% in the year to February - above the ECB's 2.0% target ceiling. Ahh yes, the Middle East and the price of oil, it's also on our list. It's now above US$110 a barrel ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Poor's just downgraded Greek debt to a "selective default" classification? And this, a day before the European Central Bank (ECB) conducts another 3-year LTRO - long-term re-financing operation. Tell someone who cares. It certainly looks that way, doesn't ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... road. Equity markets ex Greece are safe, for now. But not Greece. Will company profits in Greece now soar because the EU/IMF/ECB's still to be disbursed a,-130 bil is gonna improve economic and business conditions in the country? Have you seen the violent ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh, but it would end soon enough. One way or the other, demands and contra-demands would come ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Additionally, reports that banks would use an upcoming offer of very cheap three-year funds from the European Central Bank (ECB) to source twice or even three times the nearly 500 billion euros ($A618.77 billion) they took in December added to the positive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... bourses. Reports that Greece could have a new debt deal in place by the end of the week and news that the European Central Bank (ECB) has been buying Portuguese bonds in the secondary market boosted European shares overnight. A fresh agreement from all ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... there. As a result, most European equity indices fell by more than 1% while we slept. And to think the European Central Bank's (ECB) long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) that injected liquidity into the banking system was doing just fine in calming ...