Tag: Stock market

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 05:59 UTC

  Investors wanting safe parking for their money buy 0% German bonds

  

  Germany got bids for 6.24 billion Euros of two-year notes at an auction Wednesday exceeding its 5 billion-Euro maximum sales target, according to a statement from the Bundesbank.

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 19:20 UTC

  Modest gains in world markets waiting for the Greece’s Sunday election

  

  US stock were modestly higher as optimism over a possible coordinated action by major world central banks if Sunday's Greek election causes financial turmoil was tempered by a weak reading on domestic manufacturing.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 03:01 UTC

  Black Friday for markets; US dismal jobs report and European crisis

  

  US stocks fell more than 2% on Friday, dragging the Dow Jones into negative territory for the year after a dismal US jobs report added to fears that Europe's spiralling debt crisis was dragging down the world economy.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 20:33 UTC

  China securities commission exposes biggest-ever case of stocks’ manipulation

  

  China Security Regulatory Commission exposed its biggest-ever case of stock market manipulation in a show of strength by the new securities regulator, who has vowed to crack down on rampant illegal trading.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 22:40 UTC

  Markets react positively to Merkel/Sarkozy promise of Euro zone plan

  

  Stocks rose sharply in Europe and in the US on Monday as investor sentiment were buoyed by a renewed pledge by France and Germany to come up with a plan to tackle the Euro zone debt crisis by month's end. International pressure has been building for bold steps from Europe to avert a global economic backlash.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 07:27 UTC

  US and EU markets negative sentiment extends to Asian stocks with record losses

  

  Asian stocks have fallen on Friday, with some indexes driving towards their worst weekly losses since 2008. The Group of 20 nations said they were ready to preserve stability in the financial markets.

• Saturday, August 20th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  Latam markets follow world trend but fall less than the US and EU

  

  Latin American stocks fell on Friday as deepening fears of a US recession and a wider financial crisis that could result from Europe's debt troubles kept investors cautious.

• Friday, August 19th 2011 - 02:05 UTC

  Fears of recession plunge world markets; Latam losses less that in US and EU

  

  Stock markets across Latin America, led by regional heavyweight Brazil, fell sharply Thursday as recession fears sent global markets down. Meanwhile the spot price of gold hit yet another record high of just below 1.829 dollars an ounce.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:40 UTC

  Latin America stocks bounce back, but fears remain as to the US and EU

  

  Latin American stocks bounced back on Tuesday after suffering their worst day since October 2008, but fears of a US recession and a deeper European debt crisis promise to keep markets edgy.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 05:57 UTC

  Latin America’s second largest bourse by market value is launched in Peru

  

  The main securities exchanges in Chile, Colombia and Peru plan to begin trialling cross-border stock trading in an arrangement that may lead to the creation of Latin America’s second-largest bourse by market value.