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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... months on Monday. Traders said the slightly stronger performance on Tuesday followed better than expected trading on United States and European bourses as the market had a change of heart about the political left turn in Europe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... the market on Monday took a beating, after renewed concerns over the euro zone and disappointing jobs data in the United States sent spooked investors running for the exits. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 94.7 points, or 2.15 per cent, at 4,301.3 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... as investors reduced their exposure to riskier investments ahead of the release of important economic data in the United States. Commodities stocks weighed on the market, following a trend set on overseas markets overnight due to concerns about global ...

Potential for surprise financial crisis high

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... if they are not in recession now, are not far from it," and that while Australia compared well to Europe and the United States, it didn't underline any particular vibrancy. "We have a very heavily indebted private sector, there are a lot of people out ...

China's consumption underestimated

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... in the next five years." Trouble in Europe means it cannot provide the sort of export growth Asia needs, and the United States will probably experience quite slow growth over the next few years. "Asia cannot depend on these two regions for growth; they ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... on three- and five-year debt. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly fallen following more weak jobs data from the United States and Europe as well as figures showing euro zone manufacturing falling for a ninth straight month. Seoul fell 0.20 per cent ...

China a good bet in the long run: Thawley

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... if not handled correctly could see us a lot worse off." Thawley also said that he was more optimistic about the United States than any other country, saying "the united states will be a safe haven as people become wary about the problems in Europe and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... 9.41 (0.31 per cent) to 3,059.85. Poor economic reports from Europe and a weak report on private jobs growth in the United States from payrolls firm ADP drove sellers from the opening bell. Bond prices climbed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... $1.3240 in New York late on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed after an uneven set of data from the United States, while sentiment was weighed by news that Spain's credit rating had been slashed. The yen strengthened despite the Bank of Japan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... Asian markets closed mixed after cautious trade as dealers awaited key policy meetings at the central banks of the United States and Japan. The euro rose against the yen on expectations of another batch of easing measures from the Bank of Japan when ...