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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... billion) into money markets, to maintain banks' liquidity. That news spurred gains on the local market on Thursday. Also overnight, the Spanish parliamentary cabinet approved a budget to reduce the 2013 budget deficit to 4.5 per cent of gross domestic ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... request for bailout is in the mail. This is the message that prompted a turnaround in equity markets in America and Europe overnight following the Spanish government's announcement of its 2013 budget that aims to cut the deficit from 8.9% in 2011 to ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... 4,388. Reports that the People's Bank of China would stimulate money markets also drove gains on overseas sharemarkets overnight, and that news was responsible for a strong gain on the local market on Thursday. At the close of trade on Thursday, the ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 index dropping by 1.1% overnight - the fourth consecutive daily fall. We've not seen a day-on-day decline of this magnitude since 2.2% loss posted on 21 June ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... she said. The equity market jitters comes as Germany's closely-watched Ifo economic institute business climate index overnight showed business confidence fell for the fifth month in a row in September, to its lowest level since February 2010. Ms Roadley ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after overnight falls on US and European bourses as confidence from the Federal Reserve's stimulus measures fade and concern over the euro zone's debt returns. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the December ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... then some (minus 1.6%) for a net effect of minus 0.4%. The battery of bad news that littered cyberspace yesterday and overnight had not helped relieve investors' digestion. Markit's flash PMI readings for September were out - all disappointing. China's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Brickworks shares were down four cents at $10.00, while WHSP was down one cent at $12.84. Wall Street closed higher overnight, boosted by the stimulus in Japan and positive US housing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 per cent, the S&P500 ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... to $101 million. David Jones shares were down 2.5 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $2.245. Wall Street had a mixed session overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing slightly higher and the S&P500 and the Nasdaq losing ground. The spot price ...