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STOXX enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Global index provider STOXX Limited has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of an office in Sydney. Jonathan Morgan has been appointed STOXX regional director and will head the Sydney office, with responsibility for STOXX ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... (US$1.0852) versus the greenback after initially dropping to US$1.0823 - its lowest level since September 2003 - and the Stoxx 600 gave back 0.3% at the close. "Selling on news" - the index has already notched up around 15% gain this year to date -- ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... export the region's weak growth and deflation somewhere else, anywhere but the eurozone. It's working, it's working. The Stoxx 600 index added another 0.8% overnight, taking its year-to-date gain to 8.8% (compared with the S&P 500's 2.4% appreciation). ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... 2008. If so, why so? Why has the Australian equity market outperformed its most of its peers (except for the Eurozone - the Stoxx 600 is up 11.4% this year to date -- which is in the midst of throwing bucket loads of money at its problem)? The All Ordinaries ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... of speculations, debates, dissents, deliberations and delays on the whole issue of QE - and he over-delivered. The Euro Stoxx-50 index jumped by another 1.6% overnight (taking its year-to-date gain to 5.7%) the euro closed 2.1% lower to US$1.1366 (and ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... promised to reverse austerity measures and un-cooperate with Greece's EU/IMF benefactors - might win. This sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index down by 2.6% and the broader Stoxx-600 off by 2.2% overnight. Bad news, they say, come in threes. Here's the third ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling month after month after month since December last year. The Euro Stoxx 50 index gained 1.2% overnight as did Spain's IBEX-35; the CAC-40 went up by 0.9% and Italy's MIB index closed 0.7% higher. ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... we got last night. The euro reversed its decline, so did euro bond yields and European equity indices dropped. The Euro Stoxx-600 index dropped by 2.4%, Germany's DAX index dropped by 2.0%, France's CAC-40 index dropped by 2.8%, Italy's FTSE MIB dropped ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped by 0.8%, the Euro Stoxx 600 drooped by 0.5%, the FTSE-100 declined by 0.9% -- investors might just be waiting for the opening bell to take the All ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... government is ready to take flexible action if needed, Economy Minister Akira Amari said today..." (Bloomberg). The Euro Stoxx 50's happy - up 1.1% at the close - because the DAX's happier - up 1.4% -- despite data showing that inflation in the biggest ...