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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... falling 2.3 per cent on uncertainty about local banks' exposure to international risk from Europe. All four major retail bank stocks dropped, with Commonwealth Bank down 1.6 per cent to $44.87, Westpac 2.9 per cent lower to $19.35, ANZ slipping 2.4 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... the IMF chief reiterated her urgent plea that lenders recapitalise in view of their holdings of Greek debt. Led by bank stocks, European shares plunged as much as 5.0 per cent, with French Societe Generale down over 10.0 per cent, as alarm about growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... non-manufacturing activity rose to 53.3 per cent last month, up from 52.7 per cent in July. Any level above 50 indicates growth. Bank stocks ended the day with sharp losses, with Bank of America down 3.6 per cent, Citigroup off 2.5 per cent and JPMorgan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... was closed for the US Labor Day public holiday. LONDON - European stocks tumbled about four per cent on Monday, with bank stocks hit particularly hard by acute tension over the risk of recession in leading economies and over eurozone debt. London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... suffered overnight, as poor US economic data compounded European fears over sovereign debt and bank liquidity. European bank stocks took a battering on fears over the global economic recovery and renewed concerns about Greece's bailout. The bailout ran ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... performers this past week included retailer Target, which rose 6.7 per cent, and Microsoft, which gained 3.5 per cent. Bank stocks underperformed, with Bank of America down 3.5 per cent, JPMorgan Chase down 2.0 per cent and Goldman Sachs down 1.9 per ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Share markets rallied today as the Greek parliament passed the first of two austerity packages while violent protests continued against the deeply unpopular reforms. But economists and market commentators have warned that the austerity package and associated ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... was down 34 cents to $43.21, Rio Tinto had lost 25 cents to $79.85 and Fortescue Metals was one cent lower at $6.45. Bank stocks were higher but still well below their levels of earlier in the week after Thursday's significant falls. Westpac was up 16 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Billiton was up 26 cents to $44.17, Rio Tinto had added 44 cents to $80.69 and Fortescue was 14 cents higher to $6.47. Bank stocks remained mixed, with ANZ and Westpac losing ground. Westpac was down 14 cents, or 0.63 per cent, to $22.11 and ANZ had ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... ratings by three notches to B-plus, and Standard & Poor's lowered Italy's credit rating outlook from stable to negative. Bank stocks are bearing the brunt of those concerns. At 1203 AEST, NAB had shed 72 cents, or 2.63 per cent, to $26.69, Westpac had ...