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Showing 131 - 140 of 208 results for "Shanghai Composite"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Tokyo's Nikkei ended 179.95 points lower at 10,254.43, Hong Kong dropped 365.11 points to 23,249.78 and the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.79 per cent, or 23.34 points, at 2,933.80. The market was already weighed by unrest in the Middle East ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Friday would be lower than the previous month but still higher than the government's four per cent target. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.5 per cent to close at 2,957.14. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second exchange lost 0.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... which rose 3.6 per cent to $HK7.99. Oil giant Petrochina rose 1.8 per cent to $HK11.10. On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.12 per cent, with profit-taking among coal miners and oil producers offset by gains among property stocks. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... further measures to cool the mainland economy were likely following three interest rate rises in four months. The Shanghai composite index ended flat, gaining just 0.11 points to 2,899.24. Tokyo's Nikkei index ended up 0.20 per cent, or 21.13 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... after China's rate hike put the region on edge, while oil prices again rose due to worries about Egypt. The Shanghai Composite Index ended the session up 1.59 per cent, or 455.41 points, at 2,818.16, led by a surge among car makers after they reported ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... remains 1.1 per cent slimmer so far this year - outperforming only the Nikkei-225's 3.2 per cent decline and the Shanghai Composite's 13.3 per cent drop. I'm sure everybody understands why the Japanese and Chinese bourses are on the slide. Tokyo's still ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... Asian markets had opened strongly following robust Wall Street gains on Friday and record-high gold prices. The Shanghai Composite Index had returned to trading after a three-day close last week for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she said. At midday, Ms Chan ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... China's "spectacular" growth, Urquhart does not expect global financial markets to take their lead from the Shanghai composite any time soon, explaining that mainland Chinese equity markets remain very much a local market, heavily influenced by government ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... for sale after it accepted a developer's minimum guaranteed bid. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed higher. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, ended up 40.86 points, or 1.54 per cent, at 2,696.25 points. The index finished ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... SHANGHAI - Chinese shares rose 0.81 per cent with heavyweight banks and energy stocks leading the gains. The Shanghai Composite Index added 21.68 points at 2,687.98 on turnover of 133.2 billion yuan ($A21.8 billion). The index has jumped about 13 per ...