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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday with Tokyo surging ahead on the back of a rally by the Dow, while reduced tensions in Egypt cooled oil prices. Tokyo's Nikkei ended the session up 0.41 per cent, or 43.94 points, at 10,635.98, a level not seen since ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... turmoil appears to have eased and this is calming nerves in Africa and the Middle East. Have you noticed that reports about Egypt have now been relegated to the inside pages and takes just a few seconds of TV and radio coverage? It won't be long now ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... outlook and solid corporate results but the euro slipped on weaker-than-expected German data. Markets were following events in Egypt where there seemed to have been some progress in the government meeting protestors' demands for reform, they added. In ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... There's no need for it and it wasn't needed in the first place. Big Ben could have noted the fresh uncertainty caused by Egypt and the insecurity this is giving other autocracies in the Arab world but Big Ben wouldn't like anyone to spit on his face ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... 4,919.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks dipped on Thursday but then stabilised to be flat as concerns over violent protests in Egypt weighed against better-than-expected economic news in the US. Clashes continued in Egypt between pro- and anti-government ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Economic uncertainty in the Middle East following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt show how intertwined the global economy is with geopolitics, making more volatility the only certainty. First the background. According to a briefing note put out yesterday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... session, with direction to come from offshore rather than local news. "Markets have been gripped by what has been going on in Egypt and the economic data coming out of the US," Ms Spencer said. "We are going to be getting into some corporate results ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... agreed with me when I wrote (just yesterday) that it would be no big loss on the global economy and financial markets if Egypt turns to sand. Despite the continued volatile situation in the country, Wall Street's performance overnight suggests that frankly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon as concerns over Egypt supported higher oil prices and led to gains among energy-linked companies. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,765.5, while the ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Walk like an Egyptian. Barring contagion to the rest of Arabia (and/or Africa), this issue would be mummified before long. Egypt after all is a small fish in a big ocean - or if you prefer, just a speck of sand in the desert. A glance at the CIA Factbook ...