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Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... while Athens released even worse growth and debt forecasts as part of its 2013 budget. Unemployment in the 17-nation eurozone hit also hit a new all-time high of 11.6 per cent in September. Nevertheless Spain's and Italy's 10-year bond yields, a sign ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... closed because of Hurricane Sandy, Wall Street gave regional investors no lead but comments from Spain and Greece revived eurozone concerns. Tokyo fell 0.98 per cent, or 87.36 points, to 8,841.98 on Tuesday while Seoul closed 0.43 per cent higher, adding ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... environment for Australia anticipating a higher Aussie dollar as a side-effect of quantitative easing in the US, the Eurozone, the UK and Japan. "There's so much liquidity floating round the global system and much of it is likely to end up in commodities ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Cochlear and replaced them with more bell weather stocks. "Increases in market volatility amid ongoing uncertainty with the Eurozone crisis, the future of China's growth and US markets, have seen the valuation in defensive stocks creep up," he said. ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... economy continues to drown. Another fact highlighted by Markit Economics' latest PMI update. The preliminary estimate of Eurozone PMI dropped to 45.8 in October from last month's 46.1 reading. It's funny but no one seems to care about China's latest. ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... smaller surplus actually turns out to be a small deficit. Relative to the big economies of the United States, Japan, the Eurozone and the UK, Australia's budget, even the 2011/12 deficit of 3.0% of GDP, is a dream. One of the reason behind the Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... on steady revenue growth. But the company reduced its forecast for the full year, warning that China's slowdown, the eurozone crisis, and general global sluggishness, would dampen its growth prospects. LONDON - European shares fell as investors digested ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... clear breakthrough at a summit in Brussels and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced stiff opposition to using new eurozone rescue funds to replenish the coffers of troubled Spanish banks. The euro eased to $US1.3028 from $US1.3067 late in New ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... China's economy grew in line with forecasts, while confidence was also lifted by more upbeat US data and hopes for the eurozone. Soothing comments on the economy from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday also provided support, while dealers looked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... at 3,104.12. Europe's main stock markets advanced cautiously and the euro hit a one-month high above $1.31 on easing eurozone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit. At the close, London FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 0.69 per cent ...