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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... Spain's credit rating had been slashed. The yen strengthened despite the Bank of Japan announcing another round of monetary easing as it tries to kickstart the torpid economy. Tokyo closed 0.43 per cent, or 40.94 points, lower at 9,520.89 as a huge spike ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... 21,010.64 while Shanghai closed 1.19 per cent, or 28.23 points, higher at 2,406.86 on hopes China will announce monetary easing measures soon after comments to that effect from a central bank official this week. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.95 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... KONG - Hong Kong and Chinese shares have risen as below forecast growth figures from China lifted hopes of fresh monetary easing by Beijing. The Hang Seng Index on Friday added 1.84 per cent, or 373.72 points, to close at 20,701.04 on turnover of HK$61.87 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... Monday. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said markets were inclined to respect the power of Chinese monetary easing, with many considering those measures made potentially the greatest contribution to pulling the world economies out of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... from the open, after the United States Federal Reserve disappointed global markets by holding off with further monetary easing. The Fed also held interest rates near zero and warned that despite some improvement in the job market, unemployment remained ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... barrel overnight. "...traders struggled to explain, citing renewed jitters over Iran, expectations of further monetary easing and possibly computer-driven trading." By 0713 hours, when the Dow slipped below zero, it was Bloomberg's time to explain. "Most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... on Monday, rose 3.1 per cent to HK$8.20. The market was also buoyed by hopes that Beijing will announce fresh monetary easing after last week's cut in the reserve requirement ratio - the amount banks must keep in reserve. However, Shanghai fell 1.16 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... mostly rose in edgy trade, helped by bargain buying as dealers await the end of a US Fed meeting, expecting fresh monetary easing measures to jumpstart the economy. The anticipated announcement comes amid nervousness about Europe's sovereign debt crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... KONG - Asian markets were mostly up Wednesday, extending a recent rally on renewed hopes for a fresh round of US monetary easing despite weak consumer confidence data in the United States and Europe. Sydney rose 0.56 per cent, or 27.3 points, to 4,296.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... rating, although it was supported by comments from the Fed chief that the bank was not ready for a new round of monetary easing. Tokyo gained 0.39 per cent, or 38.35 points, to 9,974.47 and Seoul added 0.71 per cent, or 15.13 points, to 2,145.20 while ...