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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... resume due to worries over the radiation crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The benchmark Nikkei closed up 2.92 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 9,354.32 points, while the broader Topix gained 1.49 points ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... last October). But all is not lost. The drop in imports was due chiefly to the disruptions to supply chains from Japan's tsunami. Imports from Japan plunged by 25.5 per cent in April from March. Then again, maybe not. Cause imports will rebound once ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which has leaked radiation since its cooling systems were swamped by the tsunami of March 11. Shares in the company -- one of the world's largest utilities -- dived 27.62 per cent following a media report ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... cent instead of going up. At 17.95, the index is down 38.9 per cent from its 2011 high of 29.40 hit in March when the tsunami struck Japan. Or will it grow into a mountain that would need Fed and fiscal assistance anew? Many argue that the Fed's QE1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... global economy is slowing. Economists blamed the disappointing figures in part on the impact of Japan's March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster on US manufacturers as well as a jump in oil prices but the headline figures were still terrible. In London ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... who simply just fly overseas to do their offshore shopping in person. Australia may weather another flood or cyclone or tsunami -- perhaps even another Gillard -- but if Australian dollar strength persists... the country could literally head down under. ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... one will be erased quickly as Australia rebounds from the effect of the floods and cyclone and of Japan's earthquake and tsunami." "...This time the natural rebound in production after the floods should do the work, ensuring Australia does not record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... the mood of the markets. Manufacturers were badly hit by the supply chain ructions caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but the Nikkei newspaper said swift improvements could see Toyota's production back to 90 per cent by next month. Toyota ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... data suggesting China's economy was slowing down. In Tokyo, Sony, which is reeling from Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami and a massive online hacking attack, provided support to the broader market as it rose 2.7 per cent to 2,270 yen. In other ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... reported its economy had plunged back into recession in January-March, ravaged by the impact of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. The economy shrank by an annualised 3.7 per cent in the first three ...