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Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... us Australians to head for the pub early for that end-of-week, end-of-month, end-of-quarter drinkathon today. European equities tumbled and set the early trading tone on Wall Street last night. The bloggeratis reported that it's because of Standard & ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... after China lowered its growth estimate for 2012 eclipsed upbeat numbers on the US services sector. LONDON - European equities sank on Monday, mirroring falls across Asia after China reduced its growth target, with a dip in eurozone business activity ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... loss but the broader S&P 500 index did - up 0.62% from down 0.47% the previous day. And so did, the Nasdaq. And European equities, the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 surged by 1.5% at the close of last night's activity, completely making up for the previous night's ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... the fun part. Here's the "ho-hum" portion. There were no thrill and spills in financial markets last night. European equities behaved as one would expect - down a little for the core and a lot for the periphery - after being reminded (again) that a recession ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... his 'Die Hard' films, "Yippe-ki-yay"! For how can you not rejoice? Wall Street's up, Asian equities are up and European equities are up, including a 4.7% spike in the Athex Composite Index. This is a perversion I say, equity markets ex-Greece have every ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that previous scares gave me. And by the look of it, European equities weren't spooked either. At the time the "IMF slash" was splashed on the headlines, the DJ Stoxx-50 Index had already been coming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... the EU summit would not deliver a significant breakthrough on the eurozone debt crisis. An early advance in European equities was halted by downbeat comments from German officials who poured cold water on hopes for a deal at a make-or-break two-day summit ...

Second best month of the year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... month of the year" and thus far, things seems to be going as planned for the S&P 500 - it's up 0.84% -- though European equities remain 2.2% under water. But the recent optimism engendered by the fresh bum on the PM seats in Europe, we still could see ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... per cent, its lowest level since January 2009. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European equities have fallen on fresh concerns over banks' exposure to indebted Greece, but losses were capped by expectations of more stimulus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Nasdaq Composite dropped a relatively hefty 22.59 points (0.86 per cent) to 2,590.24. The indexes had followed European equities higher in most of the session as investors shrugged off Standard & Poor's one-notch downgrade of Italy's credit rating late ...