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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... copper and gold project in Mongolia. Dealers in the resources space would be focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... copper and gold project in Mongolia. Dealers in the resources space would be focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Fed expects the jobless rate to drop to only 6.7% by 2014 (and that's the optimistic end of its forecast). "The manufacturing, retail, construction and finance industries are all set to shed labour. At best, this means tepid jobs growth in the economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... November. Shanghai climbed 1.00 per cent, or 23.05 points, to 2,319.12 after preliminary data showed contraction in manufacturing activity in January had slowed. WELLINGTON - Wellington rose 0.36 per cent, or 11.72 points, to 3,276.46.

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... down to 379,000 - indicating continued strength in the labour market. The employment component of the Philly Fed's manufacturing survey also provides the same indication. It increased to 11.6 in December -- the highest level since May -- from 11.5 in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... is up less than 1 point to 1,293. The Nasdaq is up 6 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,734. The Federal Reserve said manufacturing rose 0.9 per cent in December, the biggest increase since December 2010. Output surged as companies bought more machines and ...

Long-term outlook bullish on emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... outlook as the decline in inflation is overshadowed by possible contagion from the eurozone crisis and weakness in manufacturing. Modest growth in service sector activity was negated by the manufacturing slowdown in emerging Asia, a trend identified ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... adding 0.4 per cent after forecast-beating growth data from China, positive noises from Europe and a jump in US manufacturing boosted commodities. Shares in BHP Billiton, the largest component of the local exchange, added 0.3 per cent to $36.82 after ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... would we all be without the biggest of 'em all - the good ol' US of A. There's good news there too. The Empire State Manufacturing Index jumped to a higher-than-expected 13.5 in January -- the highest since April - following a revised 8.2 in December. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... world's largest economy is recovering despite the turmoil in Europe. Also helping sentiment was data showing a jump in manufacturing activity in mid-Atlantic US states in December and a rise in demand for Spanish bonds that saw the debt-laden country ...