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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Global head of equity sales Nick Burmester said local shares were being driven by European developments ahead of a crucial German vote on expanding the scope and size of the EU's current rescue fund - the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... recapitalise banks and issue Euro bonds is ready to go and is just waiting for approval. Just ask the UK Telegraph. It quoted German finance minister Schaeuble's criticism of the US advice to leverage the EFSF via the ECB. Advice? You don't advise the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... private creditors to take a bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings. In an interview with Greece's state television, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to confirm this, saying the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... $US1,633.4 per fine ounce, down $US17.32 from Tuesday's close of $US1,650.72. But, he said, while investors expected the German parliament to agree to expand the rescue fund - or European Financial Stability Facility - for debt-mired Greece and other ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Forget the risk on, risk off trade - what we're having now is the 'hope' trade. It would be hard for anyone not to notice the spectacular resurgence in the share prices of European stocks that happened overnight. The FTSE-100 ended 4.02% on the up and ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... in early morning London deals, and hit another 10-year low at 101.94 yen in Asian trade. Shares were also boosted after German business confidence data came out better than expected and by the prospect that the eurozone may finally implement a July accord ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... morning trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hour-long television interview, which renewed talks of a possible Greek bailout, the major indices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... euro also nudged up to 103.14 yen from 102.60 on Thursday, when it also hit a 10-year trough of 102.22. Yields on 10-year German government bonds briefly fell to a new record low of 1.640 per cent on safe-haven sentiment before ending the day at 1.745 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Australian stocks look set to open higher despite mixed movements on international markets overnight. At 0707 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was 33 points at 4,078. Overnight, the Dow Jones closed just 7.65 points ...