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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... European stock markets closed firmer in choppy trade as mixed US economic data drove investors to and fro after positive eurozone consumer confidence figures gave an early boost. Dealers said wariness continued over the Greek debt crisis but as oil prices ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... 3.3% in 2013. This compares with its US growth forecasts of 2.2% and 2.5% for 2012 and 2013, respectively. It has the Eurozone slipping by 0.3% in 2012 and inching up by only 1.0% next year. Japan's to expand by 1.9% and 1.4%. Warning, speculation ahead. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... spread. LONDON - European stock markets closed mostly lower on Monday and the euro slipped after the G20 called on the eurozone to strengthen its firewall against potential future financial crises. Dealers said the weekend meeting of finance ministers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Thursday although the euro rose as investors reviewed mixed earnings from the region's biggest banks and forecasts for a eurozone recession. Dealers said the markets were tracking developments in Greece as politicians passed a historic debt writedown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... index edged up 3.9 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 4,372.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower following disappointing eurozone data that added to signs of recession in the debt-wracked region. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 27.02 points ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said so himself. The "comprehensive blueprint" would "secure Greece's future in the eurozone" and safeguard eurozone financial stability. And, the details of the bailout package was, on the whole, exactly what you ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... European stock markets closed lower and the euro weakened, reversing early gains, as enthusiasm over another massive eurozone bailout for Greece faded on concerns more will need to be done. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... markets on Monday - many stock indexes are trading at multi-month highs, while the euro has recovered its poise. After some eurozone countries suggested last week that they might prefer Greece to default, the latest comments indicate the ministers will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... January 25 - on intensifying fears of a Greek default. HONG KONG - Asian stocks rose, shrugging off concerns about the eurozone's debt crisis as a batch of rosy US economic data buoyed investor sentiment with the Dow hitting a near four-year high. Tokyo ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... $US1.30 mark earlier. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, tracking losses on Wall Street as doubts mounted over whether the eurozone would approve a bailout for debt-stricken Greece as it races to avoid a default. Following a regional rally on Wednesday ...