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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... Thursday after US stocks climbed for a fourth straight day on renewed optimism about prospects for a recovery in the world economy. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 201.53 points, or 1.95 per cent, to 10,513.67. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... per cent, to 4484.1 points. NEW YORK - The US stock market ended a strong August with a dip as worries about the world economy reappear. Stocks finished lower on Monday after a 6.7 per cent plunge in China's main index spread fears that a slowdown in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... around noon after Wall Street suffered its biggest loss in two months on a bleaker-than-expected forecast for the world economy. At 1228 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 119.8 points, or 3.06 per cent, at 3,798.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... beginning on Tuesday. LONDON - European stock exchanges suffered sharp falls on renewed fears for the health of the world economy. The London FTSE 100 index shed 2.57 per cent, or 111.88 points, to close at 4,234.05 points. FRANKFURT - The Dax fell 3.02 ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... services at the firm. "China is still eyeing positive growth of 8 per cent this year. China is likely to lead the world economy out of recession." The index poses six questions to each investor. Questions range from topics about the strength of the local ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... soared and the service sector contracted further in the United States in a stark reminder of the dismal state of the world economy. London's FTSE 100 index closed down 95.3 points, or 2.31 per cent, at 4,029.67 points FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX rose 3.07 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... that exceeded expectations. Plans to give $US1 trillion ($A1.43 trillion) to restore credit, growth and jobs in the world economy and boost the coffers of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were announced half an hour before European ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... assets were a much lower $2.1 trillion, or 57 per cent of GDP. "This is by far the most serious crisis to hit the world economy since the Great Depression. While this crisis originated in the US and some European countries, by now no region or country ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong's key stock index dropped 2.9 per cent on Tuesday amid fears about the financial system and world economy that drove Wall Street to its worst finish in nearly 12 years. The blue chip Hang Seng index lost 376.58 points to 12,798.52. ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... prove as debilitating as any world war. The G20 weekend meeting produced an action plan to revive growth in the world economy - fitting given this coincided with news that the Eurozone has officially fallen into recession - and deter a repeat of the ...