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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... lost 29.8 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 4,067.9. NEW YORK - US blue chips rebounded but tech stocks fell Thursday after Germany's parliament approved a crucial EU bailout package and new US data gave the economy a slightly more positive tint. The Dow ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... -- according to German English newspaper, The Local - "The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned Tuesday that Germany's top rating could be downgraded if Chancellor Angela Merkel's government decides to pour more money into the European bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... signs of discord in Europe over how to move ahead on the regional crisis as well as a series of poor US economic data. Germany's parliament on Thursday will weigh the July 21 rescue package agreed by European Union leaders which includes a new Greek ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... 4.02% on the up and up by the close of trading. Wow! But if you think that's good. The Continent's performance was great! Germany's Dax index rallied by 5.3%, France's CAC-40 index by 5.74%, Finland's OMX Helsinki index by 5.1% and Italy's MIB by 4.9%. ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... for an enhanced bailout where Greece would go into an orderly default but still remain in the Eurozone in exchange for Germany getting its demand for creditors to bear a 50% haircut - more than twice the 21% agreed upon last July. That's the plan. And ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... secondary markets with yields on benchmark 10-year bonds rising to 5.696 per cent from 5.572 per cent on Monday. Safe-haven Germany's benchmark yields fell to 1.789 per cent from 1.799 per cent. Greece meanwhile raised 1.625 billion euros ($A2.19 billion) ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... export markets, the risk of European growth falling below the zero line are great. Recall the sharp growth deceleration in Germany and France in the second quarter. German GDP barely grew - at 0.1% -- in the June quarter from 1.3% in the first while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... for fear of contagion from the euro zone debt crisis. The news came as markets were already trading up after France and Germany issued a joint defence of Greece, insisting its place was in the euro zone despite market sentiment it might default. The ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... government spokesman Elias Mossialos' announcement to the world after the teleconference between his leader and the heads of Germany and France. According to the statement released after the conference call, Fraulein Merkel and Monsieur Sarkozy "emphasised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... 1,188.68, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rallied 40.40 points (1.60 per cent) to 2,572.55. Talks between the leaders of Germany, France and debt-ridden Greece, as well as comments by European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso about the need ...