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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... call on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, taking a negative lead from Wall Street as data showed the US trade deficit had widened, while Tokyo slumped again over a policy speech by Japan's prime minister. Tokyo dived 3.83 per cent, or 518.89 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... points, or 0.27 per cent, to 4,886.7 points. NEW YORK - Sellers have taken over US stock markets as an expanded trade deficit offered a fresh sign of weakness in US growth. Volatility continued to reign: after an early rise the main indices sank to one-per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Tokyo supported by the weak yen, while Shanghai slipped following a rare trade deficit for China in March. On Wall Street the Dow index provided support as it climbed to yet another record on hopes for the US economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... that the economy returned to recession in the first quarter of 2013. However, separate data showed that Britain's trade deficit widened in February, largely because of a 1.1 per cent slide in exports amid weaker demand from the crisis-hit eurozone. HONG ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... high on Friday and the Nasdaq to its best since 2000, as stocks regained footing helped by a sharply narrowed US trade deficit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also reached a post-crisis high above 14,022 during trade, but slipped back to end up 48.92 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... manufacturing activity hit a two-year high in January. The yen retreated after a two-day rally as Japan logged a record trade deficit for 2012, with exports hit by the ongoing territorial spat with China and Europe's long-running debt crisis. Tokyo reversed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... Australian market after disappointing US trade figures released on the weekend showed the world's largest economy's trade deficit had expanded to $US48.7 billion ($A46.40 billion). "As we are one of the first markets to digest the US trade figures, a ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... of the envelope calculation shows that if the US did not import oil at all this year, it would have lowered its trade deficit by around 60% and boosted growth by between 1.5% to 2.0% in the year to the September quarter. And that's just when it stops ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... because of 'fiscal cliff' worries despite better-than-expected jobless claims - positive for the labour market - trade deficit (to its lowest level since December 2010) in September as exports increased by 3.1% to record levels (other countries increased ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... equals deteriorating external accounts in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's trade deficit widened to A$2 billion in August from A$1.5 billion in the previous month - the widest in more than four years - as the ...