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Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... 56.2 in May - the highest in three months - from April's final reading of 55.6. Maybe. The same preliminary measure for China increased to 49.7 in May from 48.1 in the prior month - a five month and better than market expectations - but... still below ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... 3.66 points, to end at 2,021.29. HSBC said preliminary data from its purchasing managers index (PMI) showed activity in China's factories declining at a much slower pace in May than in April. The banking giant's PMI improved to 49.7 from 48.1 last month. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... where nearly half of the listed companies are in the resources sector. CommSec analyst Juliette Saly said concerns about China's economy were the cause of lower iron ore prices. "The fact that there are concerns about a slowdown in China, and particularly ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Financial has formally registered in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Shanghai FTZ ) as part of an effort to participate in China's proposed financial market deregulation. "Asia's development and population base means it is now well on track to be a significant ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Wall Street on Friday but heavy falls in the price of iron ore have changed that. The steelmaking commodity's spot price in China is at a year low $US100.70 an ounce while steel prices have also hit 12-month lows. "That is certainly the drag and the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound in China's economy, the world's biggest metals consumer. This and a strong rally in technology stocks that lifted US markets overnight ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Ibovespa Gains Most in Americas as Commodity Rally Drives Vale. Europe Stocks Rise to Six-Year High; Mining Stocks Rally. China Stocks Rise Most in Seven Weeks on Market Measures. There were localised rationales for these strong performances ranging ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... action is beggaring its neighbours. Beggars can't be choosers they say but they sure can fight back. And the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is fighting back! It's intended to remove the one-way bet (up) on the yuan/US$ exchange it said, it's a move towards ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... by the Fed chief's comments that the US is on track for solid growth in the second quarter and positive trade data from China. Markets took heart after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Congress the US economy was on track for "solid growth" in ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... inflows of $802 million for the quarter and internal net cash outflows of $464 million. AMP said strategic partnerships with China Life, and MUTB in Japan, were the primary drivers of external net cash inflows via the fixed income asset class as well ...