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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets overnight after unexpectedly weak euro zone economic data and disappointing Chinese figures. The federal opposition has vowed to repeal government legislation that imposes ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... upside surprises we've become witness to over the past few months. There's the ECB revising its growth outlook for the euro zone - it now sees the region contracting by only 0.1% (instead of its original minus 0.3% prediction) in 2012 before expanding ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... year thanks to an array of ultra-loose monetary policies from major central banks and amid new signs of progress in the euro zone's debt crisis..." The poll showed upward revisions to 2012 growth predictions for the Eurozone, the UK and Japan and unchanged ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... growth in the European economy looked doubtful following the release of GDP (gross domestic product) figures for the euro zone overnight. There was also heightened uncertainty ahead of Thursday's deadline for Greek bondholders to accept a debt swap deal. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... looks set to open down more than one per cent following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight with investors nervous of a euro zone recession and Greece's debt-swap deal. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen back below 107 US cents on uncertain news around the euro zone debt resolution. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.73 US cents, down from 107.17 cents on Friday. From 0700 AEDT, the local ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... for February. Mr Turner said the market would be looking ahead to the G20 meeting in Mexico on the weekend, where the euro zone debt crisis would be a key talking point. "These things tend to disappoint, but on the agenda will definitely be an increase ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... softer on Wednesday as the markets responded to news of Greece's latest bail-out package. On Tuesday, 17 nations in the euro zone approved a new 130 billion euro ($A161 billion) rescue package to help Greece escape default. European stock markets closed ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... the Financial Times yet. It obtained a "strictly confidential 10-page debt sustainability analysis", distributed to euro zone officials last week. The document found that, "even under the most optimistic scenario, the austerity measures being imposed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... share market was slightly higher at noon after a quiet morning of trading as investors await the outcome of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers. At 1230 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.4 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 4,277.5 points ...