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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... (ECB) dashed traders' hopes for strong action to support troubled eurozone economies. Downbeat earnings reports from two of Japan's biggest electronics firms also weighed on the Nikkei on Friday, with Sharp losing more than a quarter of its value in ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... contract was up seven points at 4,089. No major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Wesfarmers is due to post fourth quarter sales results, Newcrest Mining and Whitehaven Coal are scheduled to release June quarter results and Australand ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... recovered to $US1.2111 compared with $US1.2152 in New York late on Friday. The euro also slumped to its lowest level against Japan's safe-haven currency in almost 12 years - hitting 94.24 yen, but later it regained to 94.99 from 95.42 yen on Friday. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... higher, adding 81.75 points to 19,640.80 and Shanghai lost 0.74 per cent, or 16.20 points, to end at 2,168.64. Shares on Japan's Nikkei remained under pressure after the yen strengthened in New York against the greenback while it continued to stay strong ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... points, to 19,039.15 and Shanghai added 1.07 per cent, or 25.01 points, to 2,373.31. After the markets closed, Fitch cut Japan's credit rating by two notches, citing the country's public debt as Tokyo struggles to set the world's third-largest economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... euro common currency. In Asia, stock markets enjoyed a slight rebound as investors went bargain-hunting, analysts said. Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.9 per cent to close at 8876.59 after the country posted better-than-expected growth figures for the first ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... while sentiment was weighed by news that Spain's credit rating had been slashed. The yen strengthened despite the Bank of Japan announcing another round of monetary easing as it tries to kickstart the torpid economy. Tokyo closed 0.43 per cent, or 40.94 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed the yen higher, as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed the yen higher, as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, Brickworks, Sigma Pharmaceuticals and Washington H Soul Pattinson (BKW) are expected to post first half results while Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein, Austar CEO John Porter and NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley are all scheduled ...