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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... meeting in Brussels to try to resolve the relentless debt crisis now threatening big nations such as France. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.30 per cent at 5,206.82 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 dropped 0.84 per cent at 2,870.68 ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... out the indices for how far stocks "slid" and "dropped". S&P 500 down less than half a percent, Euro Stoxx 50 down 1.1%, FTSE-100 down less than a third of a percent. What the? Yup, I found out what scared the markets off, it's these headlines. In our ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... apparent failure to reach a deal on cutting the US budget deficit and to extend stimulus measures into next year. London's FTSE-100 gave up 2.62 per cent, Frankfurt's DAX lost 3.35 per cent and France's CAC-40 dropped 3.41 per cent. Meanwhile, Spanish ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... costs and efforts to tame the debt crisis. Dealers said that after another turbulent week, the markets were In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 1.11 per cent at 5,362.94 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 lost 0.44 per cent to 2,997.01 ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 1.56 per cent at 5,423.14 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 tumbled 1.78 per cent to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... better-than-expected data on US industrial output, confirming a recent trend of more positive economic figures. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.15 per cent to 5,509.02 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 gained 0.52 per cent to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... was steady at 1.782 per cent, meaning that France has to pay more than twice as much as Germany to borrow. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed virtually unchanged on Tuesday, slipping just 0.03 per cent to 5,517.44 points. But in Paris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... elections but at the same time, the polls point to a victory for the right, ousting the socialist government. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.47 per cent at 5,519.04 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.28 per cent to 3,108.95 ...

Carbon-tilted indices planned for Aust

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... strategy based on exposure to climate change risk as used in UK markets. David Harris, director of Responsible Investment, FTSE Group, told Financial Standard of the group's intentions to launch the new indices in 2012 starting with Australia then followed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... losses, getting a boost as Italy and Greece made progress on reforms to help stabilise their strained finances. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed up 1.85 per cent to 5545.38 points, in Paris the CAC-40 jumped 2.76 per cent to 3149.38 ...