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Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... business, investor and household confidence. But nah! China's financial markets didn't give it two hoots. The Shanghai Composite index went up by 0.1% on the day of the announcement and by 1.4% the next day. The SSE B shares index - those that can be ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... 6.5%, or higher if possible" this year. The stock and currency markets were unimpressed (unconvinced?). The Shanghai Composite index added another 0.1% to the 1.1% lost in the week prior to the unveiling of China's economic blueprint while the yuan depreciated ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... supposed to happen. More so as it was in the third quarter when the stock market began tumbling (in July) - the Shanghai Composite Index dropped by 45.9% from peak to trough - and China devalued the yuan (in August) - triggering fears that the move was ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... yesterday - the day "China's stocks rallied to the highest level in seven weeks and turnover jumped..."... when the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 3.3% and trading volumes reached their highest level in a month "amid speculation the government will ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... China's suddenly righted itself and not a single soul now expects the economy to crash and burn. In fact, the Shanghai Composite index dropped another 1.3% yesterday despite the PBOC's easing announcement -- 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp reduction ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng - or highly volatile - Shanghai Composite - or down big time last week - Nikkei-225, Kospi, S&P/TSX composite. Yes Virginia, the bears came out of hibernation in full ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... make anyone wet their pants - headlines about the 8.5% biggest one-day fall since February 2007 dive in the Shanghai Composite index yesterday. What triggered the sell-off, nobody really knows. Someone shouted "fire" and everyone and his dog rushed for ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... plummeted 8.48 per cent. Most Asian stock markets fell but Chinese shares suffered the most, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing down 8.48 per cent, or 345.35 points, at 3,725.56. The decline was its biggest single-day drop since February ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Wednesday at 25,282.62 on turnover of HK$81.73 billion ($A14.22 billion). Shanghai gained 0.21 per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index added 8.38 points to 4,026.05 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... were down 1.58% as the Chinese equity markets entered into correction during that month and the Shenzhen and Shanghai Composite Indices fell by 11.78% and 7.25% respectively. Overall they recorded US$1 billion ($1.34 billion) of performance-based losses ...