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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... coordination to head off contagion in the markets took stocks through a roller coaster late in the day, as Greece's weekend election and next week's crucial G20 summit kept investors on edge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 155.53 points ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
National elections at the weekend will be crucial in deciding if Greece stays in the eurozone or not, with polls indicating that left-wing party Syriza is on equal standing with pro-austerity party New Democracy. Syriza has threatened to tear up stringent ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
As surely as night follows day, an up day on Wall Street followed the previous one's down. Over the past seven trading days, the S&P 500 displayed this classic sawtooth pattern. Here are the stats - and the rationales as headlined: 06 June: Up 2.3% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... coordination to head off contagion in the markets took stocks through a roller coaster late in the day, as Greece's weekend election and next week's crucial G20 summit kept investors on edge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 155.53 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The Australian share market has lost more ground with energy and materials stocks the biggest losers as investors look ahead to Sunday's Greek elections. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27 points, or 0.66 per cent ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Up and down it goes, where it ends nobody knows. Wall Street was down again last night, after being up the previous day and down the day before. This sawtooth trading pattern hardly comes as a surprise given the great uncertainty over the outcome of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Wall Street and Europe but gains were capped by concerns about Spain's banking system and as Greece prepares for another election. Adding downward pressure to sentiment was a decision by Fitch to downgrade 18 Spanish banks while the euro was steady against ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher following gains on Wall Street and European markets. At 1020 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.4 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,082.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... per cent. Wall Street's major indices sank by over 1.1 per cent as investors took profits and looked toward Greece's election on June 17. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 81 points in early trade then reversed to close down 142.97 points, or 1.14 ...

Spanish bailout soured by upcoming Greek election

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Despite an agreement reached to bailout Spanish banks, renewed fears over a Greek exit from the eurozone have caused further uncertainty. "Although news that Spain has requested money to shore up its banking system has been regarded as a positive development... ...