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This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... RBA. US In the US, updates on key growth, inflation and housing indicators are due for release this week. Growth in US retail sales, released on Tuesday, is expected to slow to 0.3 percent in June from 1 percent in May. This is consistent with latest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... optimism The benchmark Nikkei jumped 558.15 points to 13,626.45. HONG KONG - Stocks rose moer than three per cent on strong US retail sales data. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 852.13 points tot 24,021.68 WELLINGTON - The sharemarket inched up 0.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... dropped 3 per cent, with European and US stocks tumbling after Citigroup reported its first quarterly loss and weak US retail sales data inflamed fears of a US recession. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,025.6 points, down 190.1 or 3.06 per cent. FRANKFURT - ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... substantially." Mr Wacher said positive retail sales data in the United States helped to buoy stocks on Wall Street. "The US retail sales result was pretty strong so that's probably given a bit of impetus to the market as a whole over there. "It started ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket has opened lower after a relatively flat performance on Wall Street, as hopes of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve offset profit warnings from two US retailers. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Profits from China's export boom are driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but while the price is right, quality issues go far beyond a toxic toy story. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its ...

Zenith rates local NY fund replica 'Highly Recommended'

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... Berkshire Hathaway, Kraft, AIG, Microsoft and Harley Davidson. The original fund is one of the largest and most successful US retail share funds and offers largely global, leading US equities. The local version is distributed by Australian Funds Marketing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... attention to a handful of earnings results, and retail stocks, including Li & Fung, declining on the back of a poor US retail sales outlook in April. The Hang Seng Index lost 39.24 points to end at 20,340.97,rising 131.36 points since the Easter break. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0731 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 23 points at 5,840. Today on the market, New Zealand's The Warehouse ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... per cent to its highest close in more than seven months as exporters including Sony climbed on a weaker yen and upbeat US retail sales data. The Nikkei rose 136.27 points to 16,829.20, rising for the fourth straight session to hit the highest close since ...