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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... company's chairman and chief executive. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower as nervous investors look ahead to Sunday's Greek elections. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21.6 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 4,042.2 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Australian share market has lost more ground with energy and materials stocks the biggest losers as investors look ahead to Sunday's Greek elections. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,036.8 ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... way improve the dour fiscal accounts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The hope is that a positive result in Sunday's Greek elections would buy the PIGIS breathing space - through less punishing interest rates - while they get their finances ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... the CAC 40 slid 0.55 per cent to 3,030.04 points. A London trader said the mood was cautious ahead of Greek elections on Sunday that might indicate whether the 17-nation eurozone was headed for a deeper crisis. In foreign exchange deals, the euro nonetheless ...

Spanish bailout soured by upcoming Greek election

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... positive response by the markets, AAP reported that the atmosphere turned sour for both Spain and Italy, on the fear that Sunday's elections in Greece could result in Athens quitting the euro, with unknown consequences. "The possibility of a Syriza win ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... we would find ourselves in a situation which would be infinitely more complicated," Moscovici told French television on Sunday. Tsipras' Syriza party surprised Europe on May 6 by placing second in an inconclusive election in which no party was able to ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... picked a president in Paris. Whereas the Greeks look like they'll have to trek to election booths one more time as last Sunday resulted in none of the political parties garnering enough votes to form a government. Come to think of it, perhaps that's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... cent) to 1,369.58, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.42 (0.05 per cent) at 2,957.76. In both France and Greece voters on Sunday turned out the existing leadership and strongly backed parties opposed to austerity programs aimed at fixing their budget ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... mixed signals on the global economy. Investors also remained cautious before the French presidential election run-off on Sunday, with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy trailing Francois Hollande, who says he wants to review a recent eurozone fiscal pact. Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... 2,029.29 and Sydney slipped 0.14 per cent, or 5.9 points, to 4,329.3. Shanghai was closed for a public holiday. China said on Sunday that manufacturing activity in March hit its highest level for 12 months, tempering recent concerns of a sharp slowdown ...