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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... 13,430.91. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed down 0.12 per cent on Monday, holding up despite a plunge in the Shanghai bourse. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 25.87 points to 21,859.34. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares closed up 0.37 per ...

Women dropping out of financial services

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... escalating competition from established centres such as Hong Kong and Singapore and emerging centres such as Dubai and Shanghai." Roy Morgan found that the percentage of employed Australians in the financial services industry grew from nine per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... Honda Motor. The benchmark Nikkei firmed 104.45 points to 14,452.82. HONG KONG - Shares strengthened on a strong rally in Shanghai stocks and a jump in Asia's top refiner, Sinopec Corp, on a drop in oil prices. The Hang Seng Index added 267.81 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... 28, and broke below its key 25-day moving average. HONG KONG - Shares plunged to their lowest level since April 1 after Shanghai stocks fell the most in a year in a broad sell-off triggered by Beijing's latest round of monetary austerity measures. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... Babcock & Brown losing 78 cents, or seven per cent, to $10.38. Financial markets in Australia were closed on Monday and Shanghai and Hong Kong investors were also absent due to market holidays.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... declined 109.52 points to 14,160.09. HONG KONG - Stocks tumbled over two per cent as China's devastating earthquake hurt Shanghai shares and fuelled inflation fears. The Hang Seng Index lost 572.77 points to 25,169.46. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks fell after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... emerging around 14,350. It was the highest close since January 10. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks slipped, in line with Shanghai's index, as cautious investors shrugged off regional gains and offloaded shares, but Hutchison Whampoa jumped after a broker ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... KONG - Stocks ended a four-day winning streak to close 0.64 per cent lower, as a sudden half-hour trading halt in the Shanghai shares of market debutante Zijin accelerated profit-taking amid fears that the recent market rally may have been too sharp. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... nearly 1 per cent up at an eleven-month closing high, with oil companies and other Chinese stocks leading the rally after Shanghai shares rebounded in late trade. The Hang Seng Index rose 217.48 points to close at 24,939.15. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... sentiment. The Hang Seng Index ended up 523.89 points at 24,721.67, but came off its intraday high of 24,887.11 after the Shanghai market retreated. WELLINGTON - A number of large trades in top stocks helped spur the New Zealand sharemarket along on ...