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Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
The times, they're NOT a-changin'. Last week's financial market activity ended with news of a Greek deal that turned out... not - almost exactly the same suspense thrilla that we've seen played and replayed since 2010, if my failing memory serves me ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Australian market is set for a fairly flat open, after US and European markets lost ground on worries about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,732. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... economy and financial regulation, with Athens on the agenda amid stubborn fears of a Greek eurozone exit. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited his counterparts and their central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... chaotic exit from the euro. "The euro continued to fall Tuesday with many blaming Yanis Varoufakis after the Greek finance minister pointed the finger at the country's creditors on Monday, claiming that their wish to impose further austerity on Greece ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... impossible would be to wipe out its face-value" (around 320 billion euros), said Dijsselbloem, who is the Dutch finance minister. Madrid stocks ended the day with modest gains of 0.15 per cent, after Spain enjoyed negative interest rates on its medium-term ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... new team to negotiate with Greece's EU-IMF creditors showed some "solid progress" and with the role of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis in the talks reportedly relegated "the interpretation of this is that progress can only accelerate from here" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... decision. The benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed 1.57 per cent higher at 6,945.20 points after British finance minister George Osborne raised the country's growth forecast to 2.5 per cent while slashing its deficit forecasts. Frankfurt's ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... expects the Ministry of Finance to allow as much as 10 trillion yuan (US$1.6 trillion) to be swapped. China's vice-finance minister Zhu Guangyao denied this. But where there's smoke, there's... Disappointing fresh data releases out of China - retail ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...