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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. The broader S&P 500 fell 31.67 points (2.67 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... Constitutional Court ruled that Germany could participate in a eurozone-wide bailout mechanism, removing an obstacle to rescues of Greece and other struggling countries. The gains continued after the Federal Reserve reported that the US economy had continued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... stocks plunged more than two per cent after markets re-opened from a long holiday weekend with investors concerned that Greece would fail to meet debt-cutting goals and that Germany would drop support to the latest Greece bailout plan. The global jitters ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... cent, Swiss stocks 4.04 per cent, Brussels 4.61 per cent, Madrid 4.69 per cent, and Milan 4.83 per cent. Bonds issued by Greece and Italy fell, and the cost of insuring against default by Italy and France, as indicated by the market for credit default ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... and Eurobank, announced that they were merging and receiving a sizable Qatari investment, the first bit of good news from Greece's banking sector for some time. Financial stocks rallied. Bank of America surged 8.1 per cent after saying that it would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... European economies of Germany and France. The bonds would provide a source of finance for the debt-laden countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland at a better rate of interest. "This is a small story but it's a small positive step," Mr Speizer said. ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... liquidity. European bank stocks took a battering on fears over the global economic recovery and renewed concerns about Greece's bailout. The bailout ran into trouble when at least five countries demanded the Greek government give them cash as collateral ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... as a result of concerns about their investment in bonds in vulnerable members of the eurozone such as Italy, Spain and Greece. Paris's main CAC 40 index closed up 2.89 per cent. Frankfurt's DAX ended 11 days of straight losses to close Thursday up by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... cent) to 2,381.05. The drop came after much steeper falls on European bourses, spurred by worries of possible problems with Greece's new bailout deal and a rumoured ratings downgrade of France and/or French banks. Bank shares led the drop in the US markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... 5,068.95, while France's CAC-40 slid 4.7 per cent to 3,125.19. Germany's DAX tumbled a further five per cent at 5,923.27. Greece's main stock market was the worst-performing in Europe, closing down six per cent at 998.24 - its lowest level since January ...