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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... profit-taking. Chinese shares reversed early losses as concerns over further tightening measures eased with data showing manufacturing growth slowed in April, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, ended 20.68 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Price Indexes of eight capital cities is due out, as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April. The International Monetary Fund will release its Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... second-largest US automaker, posted its highest first-quarter profit in 13 years: $US2.55 billion ($A2.39 billion). Shares in manufacturing conglomerate 3M rose 1.9 per cent to $95.94 after posting record sales in the first quarter, with strong growth ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... overnight continued the flow of indicators pointing to strengthening US of A. We've seen the resurgence in the US manufacturing. We've seen the resurgence in the US non-manufacturing sector. We learned of improving conditions in all of the Fed's 12 districts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... east coast prompted fears of further damage to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, infrastructure and Japan's manufacturing base. The area is still recovering from last month's massive earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis. US shares in ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Australia's lowest performing sectors two years ago to being at the cross industry average, alongside government ICT and manufacturing. "The message is that there's been a lot of improvement but there's a lot more opportunities still to be realised," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... Japan also appeared to be making some progress in stabilising the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. A pick-up in manufacturing activity in China in March after a fall in February added to the positive tone, suggesting Beijing's tighter policy on inflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... 4,867. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse release their performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for March, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues its index of commodity prices for March. In equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... they would resume exporting crude within weeks. This is a data-heavy week on Wall Street. A crucial jobs report and manufacturing surveys will be released over the next five days. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly mixed on Monday, consolidating ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... cent increase in the price of base (or industrial) metals over the same period. Continued advances in the US ISM manufacturing index further confirms the improving global outlook. This index is a good leading indicator of the US economy and had been ...