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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... officer of BMO Private Bank. LONDON - European stock markets mostly slid while the euro continued to rise against the greenback as the US government shutdown dragged on for a third day. At close in Europe, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index edged up 0.18 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the local market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... weighing down Hong Kong stocks. Tokyo gained 1.00 per cent, or 143.02 points, to 14,401.06 after a late buying surge as the greenback rose against the yen. But Sydney dropped 0.11 per cent, or 5.7 points, to 5,105.6 after Australia's central bank cut ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... reeling in recent weeks. Tokyo rose 0.39 per cent, or 55.98 points, to 14,472.58. Stocks' gains were held back as the greenback, which tumbled below the 100 yen level late Wednesday, fell further on Thursday after the Bank of Japan held off any more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... in Frankfurt the DAX 30 climbed 0.64 per cent to 8,307.69 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose on Monday, with the greenback also climbing, after a report showing modest gains in US job creation eased concerns the Federal Reserve will soon start to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... were mixed on Wednesday after upbeat US economic data sent Wall Street soaring to a fresh all-time high and pushed the greenback to notch up strong gains against the yen. Trading remained volatile in Tokyo, with the Nikkei swinging between positive and ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... benefit for exports, but would have harmful effects on people's livelihoods"? It reversed the yen's slide against the greenback back then, and the Nikkei's climb. That proved short-lived...but this latest round of foot-shooting could have a longer lifespan. ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... equipment and people, stronger growth in the economy. Couldn't fit it in the virtuous cycle but there's also the lower greenback that contributes to America's external accounts and the effect of low mortgage rates on the housing market and the ancillary ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... 2.75% and down 6.4% since the beginning of the year. It's generally agreed that this is a dollar-US strength story. The greenback has appreciated against most major currencies because the economy is gaining momentum that is prompting speculation that ...