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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... 1,398.97. LONDON - European stock markets slumped and the euro lost ground against the dollar, hit by yet more signs of recession in Europe as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at an historic low. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... have been hit by a rebounding yen. Another set of weak eurozone figures indicating the troubled region is headed for recession sent traders running on Tuesday for the safety of the Japanese currency at the expense of the euro and the dollar. Tokyo eased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... backdrop of a 24-hour general strike in protest at a new law facilitating lay-offs at a time of soaring unemployment, recession and state austerity cuts. Milan slumped 3.30 per cent, led down by the banks after having outperformed its peers in recent ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... midst of fiscal retrenchment and/or raising taxes and that the bigger surprise would be if the euro region avoids a recession this year. These aren't new pieces of information. Not enough to turn investors from (stock) gobblers to wobblers. Certainly ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... had a very stellar record" and which the New York Times states that, "Over the last 15 years, has gotten all of its recession calls right, while issuing no false alarms," the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) continues to maintain its recession ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Football Club. And why the heck would it not? Although the ECB admits that the Eurozone would experience a technical recession it would only be a mild - a very mild - one. That expected implosion of the single currency, where is it? So far it hasn't ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... remember that day oh so well. The day there was a collective recollection of the prospect of a Greek default, the European recession and contagion, a slowdown in China, surging oil prices and below trend world economic growth for the year overall. But ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... higher following a mixed lead from Wall Street and as investors digested news that debt laden Spain had slipped into recession. At 0800 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,208. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... survey tells us not to expect an improvement in the labour market anytime soon. But if 0.1% is just how deep Europe's recession gets this year, that won't be good, it'll be great.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... dealers nervously await Greece's key debt swap while sentiment was also hit by eurozone officials saying the region was in recession. Worse-than-expected Australian growth figures also added to the glum atmosphere. Tokyo was 0.64 per cent, or 61.57 points ...