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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... gained 2.23 per cent. On the eurozone bond market, yields on French, Italian and Spanish debt eased, while those on 10-year German bonds rose slightly. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell on fears Europe's leaders will not agree a deal to tackle their debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall as world markets dropped ahead of a crucial meeting of European leaders. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was 67 points lower, or 1.56 per cent, at 4,216. There is no economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... futures contract was down 25 points at 4,283, with 16,129 contracts traded. Australian shares started the day lower after a German official cast doubt on the whether European leaders would be able to hammer out a debt deal at this week's summit on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall after German and French officials lowered expectations for a deal to save the euro at this week's European summit. At 0823 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was eight points lower at ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
So here we are... in another "waiting to exhale" moment. Like I, me and Irene expected, volatility's picked up ahead of the unveiling of yet another European Grand Plan. It's Plan Numero Five this time. And like the anticipation that went before Plans ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... lower and the euro hit a one-week US dollar low after an S&P warning of a eurozone downgrade overshadowed news of a Franco-German plan to save the single currency. The shock S&P announcement came as European Union leaders prepared for a two-day summit ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... eurozone nations they risk losing their triple A ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... budget this afternoon. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares gained 0.73 per cent following strong US jobs data and ahead of a French-German mini-summit aimed at thrashing out a plan to save the eurozone. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was 139.3 points ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...