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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... monetary policy. Tokyo fell 0.27 per cent, or 25.18 points, to 9,131.74 after Japan reported a wider-than-expected trade deficit in July as exports to Europe and Asian neighbours plunged. Sydney dipped 0.17 per cent, or 7.4 points, to close at 4,376.0 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... insurance, an indicator of the pace of layoffs, fell by 6,000 to 361,000 in the week to August 4. Meanwhile, the trade deficit for June fell for the third straight month as exports continued to climb while imports decreased. LONDON - European equities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... growing fears Spain will need a full bailout. Japanese shares were hurt by news that the country had posted a record trade deficit in the first six months of the year as energy costs soared and exports to key markets tumbled while the strong yen also ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... government will deliver its 2012/2013 budget and the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that the nation's trade deficit widened in March. In equities news, OneSteel shareholders voted in favour of changing the company name to Arrium Ltd, while ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... - the slowest in more than 2.5 years. The latest scare, of course, is the report that China posted "the biggest trade deficit in at least 22 years" (Bloomberg) in February after a 39.6% year-on-year surge in imports outstripped a smaller 18.4% rise in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Australian market had defied a positive lead from offshore and dipped after the release of disappointing Chinese trade deficit data. "There are a few factors at play. It's a big week ahead and it seems like investors are cautious ahead of US trade," ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... good bacteria) and provide succour to Europe and the rest of us. The bigger than expected 4.3% increase in the US trade deficit in January is a case in point because it shows that America is helping to do some heavy lifting. It is buying more from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... than one per cent, but it closed up 0.27 per cent, or 6.42 points, at 2,363.60. Tokyo shrugged off a record monthly trade deficit of Y1.475 trillion ($A17.22 billion) to close with the Nikkei 225 up 1.08 per cent or 100.92 points at 9,485.09. On currency ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... this export-oriented economy. These factors have already resulted in Japan recording its first annual merchandise trade deficit - amounting to 2.49 trillion yen (US$32 billion) - in 2011. This is the country's first ever deficit in 30 years. And the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... closed flat, edging 1.43 points lower to 2,415.13. Markets also reacted to news that Japan logged an unexpected trade deficit in October, while business hub Singapore predicted sharply lower economic growth next year and warned a weaker global economy ...