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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... points, or 0.64 per cent, at 4,297.7. US stocks have closed essentially flat on the eve of a crucial European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting amid hopes for action to stem eurozone financial turmoil. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 13,047.48 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... 3399.04 points. Shares in debt crisis flashpoints, which had risen all day lifted by recent comments from ECB president Mario Draghi, pared gains by close with Madrid stocks up 0.73 per cent and Milan down 0.29 per cent. The euro fell to $US1.2562, compared ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... printed that Frau Merkel's man in the ECB - German ECB executive board member Jorg Asmussen - is backing ECB President Mario Draghi's plan for large-scale bond purchases. This followed yesterday's news that the Bundesbank (in its monthly report), said ...

No Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... context of price stability." So there we have it folks. See you next month. However, there might not be a next month for the ECB. No siree! Not so close after its president, Mario Draghi, told the world that the central bank is prepared to do whatever ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... Central Bank president Mario Draghi's indication that lowering the level of Spanish bond yields fell within the mandate of the ECB. US stocks closed in the red as Wall Street hopes for US Federal Reserve and ECB stimulus action this week and awaits a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... said the Australian market had followed the overseas leads. "The main driver was the comments by the ECB president Mario Draghi who, basically, suggested they would do everything in their power to keep the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... said the Australian market had followed the overseas leads. "The main driver was the comments by the ECB president Mario Draghi who, basically, suggested they would do everything in their power to keep the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Two central bank authorities did just that last night. While keeping interest rates on hold at 1.0%, ECB president Mario Draghi reminded all you bears wearing shorts that, "We monitor all developments closely and we stand ready to act" should the Eurozone's ...