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Market close

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has closed lower following data showing China's economy has contracted at its worst rate in seven months. At the close on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 20.5 points, or 0.38 per cent, lower at 5,384.3, while the ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... been emboldened by his not so small victory in preventing America from militarily intervening in Syria. And long-term ally China is now the second biggest economy in the world. And as Frederick Kempe's column - published nearly 2 years ago on Reuters ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Investors focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... speculators might be thinking just that - shorting the Chinese yuan versus the greenback - from here on after the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) allowed the country's legal tender to fall by nearly 0.5% in a single day - seems small but it was the biggest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... to open flat following falls on international markets after a report showing a dip in US home prices and on worries about China. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,411. In the US, the Case-Shiller ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... the end of trade has filtered through to our local market," he said. Mr Shamu said the market would be waiting to see how China trades, after Monday's slower increase in property prices generated anxiety about the strength of the world's second-biggest ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Gibbs adds IF the Chinese economy struggles and "... much weaker commodity prices, and maybe a degree of financial stress in China..." (SMH) Goldman Sachs was in on the if's too -- IF "reserve managers at central banks reduce their demand for the Australian ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... meeting scheduled in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Monday closed flat after a slower increase in property prices in China generated anxiety about the strength of the Asian nation's economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 1.5 points, or 0.03 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Index dropped 1.17 per cent, or 25.09 points, to close at 2,113.69 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, slipped 0.37 per cent, or 4.26 points, to 1,135.01. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 17.813 points ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... cents higher at $70.56. The key catalyst for the market in afternoon trade would be the release of manufacturing data from China, Mr Shamu said. KEY FACTS * At 1234 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21 points, or 0.39 per cent ...