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Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... first three months of 2015 - a significant underperformance compared with the 16.0% surge in the Euro Stoxx 600 index, the Nikkei-225 index's 10.1% advance and the FTSE-100's 3.2% gain. This is hardly surprising even if one were to discount the markets' ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... to 3,449.31 - its highest since August 2009 - and Hong Kong added 0.53 per cent, or 126.34 points, to 23,949.55. Tokyo's Nikkei, which on Friday closed above 19,000 points for the first time in 15 years, edged down 8.19 points to finish at 19,246.06. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose following gains in New York. Tokyo climbed 1.17 per cent thanks to a weaker yen. The Nikkei 225 index rose 219.16 points to close at 18,971.00 while Seoul closed 0.73 per cent, or 14.56 points, higher at 2,012.9. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... up to a fresh 15-year high, despite profit-taking largely erasing earlier gains that were driven by the yen's fall. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ticked up 0.06 per cent, or 12.15 points, to end at 18,797.94. Seoul slipped 0.37 per ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... fresh 15-year high, driven by dip buying after the previous day's fall while energy shares gained on higher oil prices. The Nikkei 225 index added 1.08 per cent, or 200.59 points, to 18,785.79 on Thursday while the Topix index of all first-section issues ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... focus. Tokyo added 0.74 per cent, or 136.56 points, to end at 18,603.48 on Tuesday, as a weaker yen lifted the benchmark Nikkei to a fresh 15-year high. Sydney closed up 0.32 per cent, or 19.02 points, at 5,927, while Seoul finished the day 0.39 per ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... so far this year. This compares with the S&P 500's 1.9% return; the Dow's 0.9% gain; the FTSE-100's 4.9% advance and the Nikkei-225's 4.7% climb. 'twas different last year when the All Ords brought up the rear (except for the FTSE-100 - down 2.7%). 'twas ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... expanding at annualised rate of 2.2% in the fourth quarter (against expectations for a 3.7% gain); not straight after the Nikkei-225 index hovering above the 18,000-point mark - the highest in seven years; and certainly, not with the yen still going ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... yen retreated against the dollar thanks to investors betting on the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates soon. The Nikkei in Tokyo, which was closed Wednesday for a public holiday, rallied 1.85 per cent, or 327.04 points, to 17,979.72 on Thursday ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... on turnover of 348.3 billion yuan ($A71.61 billion) after rising as much as 2.43 per cent on the opening exchanges. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday lost 174.12 points to finish at 17,504.62, while the Topix index of all first-section ...