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LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... per cent as a pick-up in the yen hit exporters, overshadowing Wall Street's strong lead and a rally in energy shares. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday fell 222.19 points to close at 17,335.85. WELLINGTON - The NZX rose 25.259 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... news employment hit its lowest level since 1997, despite a slowdown in inflation and weak consumer spending. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 0.39 per cent, or 68.17 points, to 17,674.39 at the close, with traders buoyed ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... announcement that it was also raising Japan's growth outlook on signs the economy was rebounding. Shares in Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index on Wednesday closed 0.49 per cent lower, falling 85.82 points to 17,280.48. The broader Topix index of all ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... "Economic woes of developed countries"? This was the year when developed market equities jumped by 26.3%, topped by the Nikkei's 56.7% surge and the S&P 500's 29.6% advance. This time in 2012, the same WEP report printed that, "The world economy is on ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... down owing to an oversupply in world markets. Tokyo dipped 0.68 per cent, snapping a seven-session winning streak. The Nikkei fell 122.26 points to 17,813.38. Sydney tumbled 1.68 per cent, or 90.0 points, to close at 5,282.7 and Seoul gave up 0.40 per ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Tokyo rallied 0.75 per cent to its best finish since July 2007 thanks to fresh yen weakness which helps its exporters. The Nikkei added 130.25 points to 17,590.10. But Sydney sank 1.98 per cent, or 105.3 points, to close at 5,207.7 and Seoul fell 0.79 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... ended flat, dipping 16.83 points, to 23,987.45. Tokyo jumped 1.23 per cent, or 211.35 points, to finish at 17,459.85. The Nikkei was helped by a weakening yen and the lower oil prices, which will cut import costs. Japan has ramped up imports of the black ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... still optimistic on the "three arrows" (and why not, inflation was rising and the economy was picking up speed and the Nikkei-225 has just delivered a stunning 56.7% return in 2013), I warned on this space that: "For I've seen it all before - the before ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... markets were mixed after US shares tapped fresh records for a fourth straight session, while a weaker yen helped Japan's Nikkei extend its recent rally to hit a seven-year high. Tokyo rose 2.05 per cent, or 343.58 points, to 17,124.11 - its best finish ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following another record close on Wall Street, while the Nikkei resumed its surge as a brief rally by the yen fizzled out. Traders were also buoyed by comments from the head of the European ...