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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 2.75 per cent. European shares also fell sharply amid signs of contagion in the eurozone, with concern now focussing on Italy and Spain. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Troubles have again surfaced in the Eurozone with markets concerned over Italian public debt and Cypriot pension funds withdrawing cash from banks exposed to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The yield on 10-year Italian BTP bonds has risen to 6.26 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... sentiment, especially on the foreign exchange market. Italy came under fire amid signs of government infighting and fears the eurozone's third biggest economy could join Greece, Ireland and Portugal into a debt spiral. Investors were also closely following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Europe sparked new concerns over their debt crisis. Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schauble warned overnight that the Eurozone debt crisis was far from over and said Greece's bail-out was a one-off. The Australian dollar was boosted on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... as they sought to lessen their risk exposure amid lingering concern over the growing US debt situation, dealers said. Eurozone debt contagion fears stayed alive with Italy and Spain paying high rates for borrowing in sovereign bond auctions despite the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... after debt-ceiling talks broke down in Washington over the weekend. Markets had largely surged last week on news of a eurozone deal, but sentiment was shaken early Monday after Moody's ratings agency downgraded Greek debt -- and warned the new bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.68 per cent to 3,842.70 points. HONG KONG - Asian shares rose on Friday, led by banks, after eurozone leaders finally struck a bailout deal for Greece that also puts in place steps to avoid contagion in other struggling economies. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... Securities senior client advisor Michael Heffernan said the market had been bolstered by gains made on Wall St after Eurozone leaders brokered a new agreement on shoring up debt-plagued member states. "Clearly, the overseas markets were on a roll last ...

Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... word "deal" thunder out of Brussels. The deal. Greece will receive a second bailout worth 109 billion euros from other Eurozone member countries and the IMF, with banks and private investors forking another 50 billion euros, on top of the 110 billion ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... RBC Capital Markets senior economist Su-Lin Ong said the Australian dollar was buoyed by news around 0830 AEST that the eurozone's two major players, France and Germany, may have reached agreement on how to resolve the Greek debt crisis. Media outlets ...