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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... out of the blocks early as investors welcomed Scotland's rejection of independence from the United Kingdom, but European stocks overall ended mixed. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index, after impressive morning gains on Friday, closed up 0.27 per cent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... weekend in the US that could feature new developments on the geopolitical front," said Briefing.com. LONDON - European stocks have ended the week higher, shrugging off the impact of simmering Ukraine tensions and a profits warning from supermarket giant ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... come in at $US5.34-$US5.37 ($A5.78-$A5.81) billion. Analysts had projected sales of $US5.34 billion. LONDON - European stocks have fallen, hit by fresh signs of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine after a key speech from US Federal Reserve chief ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... point, at 1,955.11, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 11.92 (0.27 per cent) to 4,464.93. LONDON - European stocks have closed lower, giving up earlier solid gains after news or the Ukrainian shelling of a Russian military column. In Frankfurt ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... pointed to lingering concerns about high stock valuations after the Dow and S&P 500's string of records. LONDON - European stocks tumbled as investors digested a barrage of results, with Frankfurt sliding after German sportswear giant adidas issued a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... despite a soft lead from overseas. US markets were closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday and European stocks mostly finished last week on a negative note, but Morgan's senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said local investors ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... healthy 288,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 per cent from 6.3 per cent in May. LONDON - European stocks ended the week on a muted note as traders paused after the previous day's solid gains that followed forecast-busting US ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... Local stocks had been expected to open flat or slightly higher after a steady session in the US overnight and European stocks rose. However a fall in the iron ore price, weak consumer sentiment and a stubbornly high Australian dollar were hurting the ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... could go wrong, it will - 2,000 here we come! It'll get there. And where Wall Street goes the world follows - European stocks are at six year highs and Asian ones at their highest in three years. You, I and Irene know how we got here. We got here through ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... from a year ago. However, February marked the fourth consecutive month of slowing annual price gains. LONDON - European stocks rallied on easing Ukraine tensions, upbeat earnings and takeover speculation, with London boosted also by solid British economic ...