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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... and so were not as tough as they should have been given Greece's immediate problems. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed down 0.06 per cent to 5,843.66 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX edged up 0.07 per cent to 7,220.12 points while ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... of insuring European financial-company debt against default stayed higher after the tests. The Markit iTraxx Financial Index of credit-default swaps on the senior debt of 25 banks and insurers was 9.5 basis points higher on the day at 189 basis points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... met overnight to discuss Europe's debt crisis and ongoing contagion concerns. Locally, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 8.3 per cent in July to 92.8, from 101.2 in June. "The weak consumer sentiment data we saw was negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... points, or 0.88 per cent, to 3,774.12, while the DAX fell 56.1 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 7,174.14. In London, The FTSE index of leading shares ended the day down 60.2 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 5,868.96. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped 1.43 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Chinese inflation. The headline Nikkei-225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 68.2 points to 10,069.53. The Topix index of all first-section issues slipped 4.18 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 870.16. The utilities sector outperformed after Japan's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... countries fail to convince sceptical markets that they can stabilise their public finances. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed down 1.06 per cent to 5,990.58 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX shed 0.92 per cent at 7,402.73 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... on Tuesday, which stoked fears the eurozone debt crisis still has a long way to go. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed up 0.86 per cent at 6,054.55 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.54 per cent to 7,471.44 points and in Paris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... in yet another sign of the sluggishness of the US economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity was 53.3 in June, down from 54.6 in May. Analysts had forecast that the index would fall to 54.0. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... tantamount to a default - an outcome the eurozone is trying at all costs to avoid. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed up 0.46 per cent at 6,017.54 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.32 per cent to 7,442.96 points but in Paris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... picked up after US figures surprised on the upside, sending Wall Street sharply higher. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares closed up 0.74 per cent at 5,989.76 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.59 per cent 7,419.44 points and in ...