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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... or 403.94 points, to 23,832.56, while Shanghai surged 4.31 per cent, or 119.93 points, to 2,899.46. Traders in mainland China were looking to join in a recent rally that has seen the composite index rise about 20 per cent in the past three weeks, helped ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Australian economy. "There is some good news. Construction, for example, is providing a counter balance to negative impact from China/commodities. It's really a question of whether it's big enough to really fill the gap." Hayes also had a much more bullish ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... September this year, the A$ was trading at more expensive levels of between US$0.91-US$0.95 and about the same time that China's economy slowed from 7.5% in the June quarter to 7.3% in the September quarter and Japan went into recession. Now the A$'s ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... which Ten had been trading. Supermarket operator Woolworths lifted 17 cents to $30.41 after it bought itself a foothold in China's growing wine and drinks market, acquiring one of the country's largest alcoholic drinks distributors. Mining giant BHP ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... stock prices, declining terms of trade, slumping iron ore and oil prices, low business and consumer confidence, slowing China, receding Japan and deflation threat in the eurozone. Worry, worry, worry... that's all we do. You want more? There's one more. ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... economy numero uno that would benefit from cheaper oil. Economy numero dos would too. To quote The Economist magazine: "China is the world's second-largest net importer of oil. Based on 2013 figures, every $1 drop in the oil price saves it an annual ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Seoul was flat, edging down 1.31 points to 1,980.78. Shanghai rallied 1.99 per cent, or 52.35 points, to 2,682.84 on reports China will soon launch an anticipated deposit insurance system, which would allow more banks to freely compete for depositors. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... billion). It was the exchange's highest ending since August 4, 2011. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose 0.75 per cent, or 10.52 points, to 1,416.18 on turnover of 270.6 billion yuan. Sydney edged up 0.09 ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... feel the same way too if you're way high enough to touch the sky. Economic growth of 3.9% would be a considered a crash for China and a disappointment for many emerging economies, but for a big mature developed economy like the US, it's gangbusters. ...