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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following a record close on Wall Street, while profit-taking sent Japan's Nikkei to its first loss since last week and the US dollar retreated after breaking Y115. Tokyo slipped 0.86 per cent after surging ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... after the Bank of Japan announced its surprise decision in a bid to drag the economy back from the brink of recession. The Nikkei jumped 4.83 per cent, adding 755.56 points to 16,413.76 - its highest since November 2007 - with buying further boosted ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... past) and about 90 billion yen (tripled compared with the past), respectively. The Bank will make ETFs that track the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 eligible for purchase." The excuse. While "Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately as a trend and is ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the afternoon. Tokyo reversed a morning advance to end 1.40 per cent lower, with exporters hit by the stronger yen. The Nikkei fell 205.87 points to 14,532.51, a five-month low. Seoul sank 0.95 per cent, or 18.17 points, to 1,900.66 and Shanghai closed ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... soft German data. Tokyo rallied 0.92 per cent on Wednesday after five days of losses and helped by a weaker yen, with the Nikkei adding 137.01 points to 15,073.52. Sydney gained 0.73 per cent, or 38.2 points, to close at 5,245.6 with mining companies ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... cent. The euro retreated to $US1.2613 from $US1.2631 late on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei giving up earlier gains despite a surprise pick-up in business confidence and the US dollar's breaching of the 110 yen level ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... the effects of a sell-off in New York and Europe in response to fresh data indicating weakness in the eurozone. Japan's Nikkei returned from a public holiday on Wednesday to a stronger yen which put downward pressure on exporters. Tokyo slipped 0.24 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... the effects of a sell-off in New York and Europe in response to fresh data indicating weakness in the eurozone. Japan's Nikkei returned from a public holiday on Wednesday to a stronger yen which put downward pressure on exporters. Tokyo slipped 0.24 ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... pages. Oh yes, there were reports that the Topix index has climbed to its highest level since July 2008 yesterday and the Nikkei-225 index closed above 16,000 points - the first since January this year. But, but... but despite the "feel good" day performance ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... markets are behaving in a pretty orderly manner," said SMBC Nikko Securities general manager of equities Hiroichi Nishi. "The Nikkei might test the 16,000 mark intraday, but it would take another surge in the dollar to do it," he said, as Tokyo's headline ...