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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... with Greek shares slumping more than five per cent before finishing with a loss of just over three per cent on the day. The ECB and Bank of England decisions to leave interest rates unchanged at record lows were as expected and provided no lead. In London ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... substance to the phrase, "it's all Greek to me!" Flip. Greek bonds rallied - their yields fell - after European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet announced that the ECB would extend its "emergency collateral" program beyond 2010. This measure - ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... "Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... And so LUV was born. L - is for the developing market consensus on the Eurozone. The rationale? The European Central Bank (ECB) is becoming more and more impatient about withdrawing stimulus. At week's end, President Trichet indicated that the ECB would ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... by making import prices cheaper. And now we also have the Eurozone. Yes, it too came out of recession in the third quarter. ECB President Trichet warned that, "there are still many uncertainties at the global level and at the euro level, particularly ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the previous month. The fragility of the Eurozone's economic outlook is the main reason behind the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to keep interest rates at a low 1.0 per cent - where they have been since May 2009 - when its Governing Council ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... into its economy. On the back of more positive company earnings and unchanged record-low interest rate decisions from the ECB and the Bank of England, London's FTSE 100 index increased 43.4 points, or 0.93 per cent to 4690.53. FRANKFURT - The Dax rose ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... witnessed the kind of central bank activity displayed last week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank of Canada (BoC) all held monetary policy meetings last week. And guess what? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... 1.32 per cent, to 1,850.02. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets ended virtually flat after the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England held interest rates steady, with the ECB forecasting a eurozone contraction of 4.6 per cent in 2009. ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... last night's sell-off is heightened fears over Europe's future after the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) each cut interest rates by 50 basis points to record lows of 0.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively. The realisation ...