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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... 18,197 contracts traded. US and European stocks took a sharp plunge on Thursday amid concerns over feared contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... points, or 0.24 per cent, to 4,324.1. NEW YORK - US stocks took a sharp plunge Thursday as fears over the contagion in the eurozone crisis trumped some mildly positive data on the US economy. After reaching into positive territory halfway through the ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... turning into reality. Hope glimmered for a wee bit on news that European officials are discussing ways to get around the Eurozone-imposed legal restrictions that is preventing the ECB from providing liquidity to combat the crisis. Rumours have it that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... 322 unchanged. On Wall Street overnight, stocks fell heavily as investors fretted over the potential impact that the Eurozone debt crisis would have on US banks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 190.57 points, or 1.58 per cent, to 11,905.60.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... isn't news. News is Fitch Ratings latest bombshell - the credit ratings agency said that it "believes that unless the Eurozone debt crisis is resolved in a timely and orderly manner, the broad credit outlook for the U.S. banking industry could worsen." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... overnight, which had flowed through to the local market. "This has been counterbalanced by more negative news from the eurozone overnight," Mr Sekely said. "Those elements are counterbalancing each other, with a few stocks up and down." In Europe, markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... again after its cut at the November 1 meeting. However, on Tuesday night, Australian time, increased pessimism about the eurozone crisis saw all the major currencies fall against the US dollar. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... What's scary about that? My calculation shows that factoring in a recession in the order of a 4.3% contraction in the Eurozone (as it did in 2009) takes 2012 global growth down to around 2.5% instead of 4% -- still way above the 0.7% global economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Street and the European markets. Investors appear cautious, tracking Italian and Greek political developments as the eurozone debt crisis rumbles into Spain, whose borrowing costs have risen sharply. At 0805 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price ...