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AAP | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015

... Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates soon, with analysts now tipping the final quarter of the year for an increase. Tokyo on Tuesday climbed 0.68 per cent, or 136.11 points, to close at 20,026.38 and Seoul rose 0.34 per cent, or 7.13 points ...

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AAP | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015

... running critically short of cash and may soon end up defaulting, which could set off a messy exit from the euro. HONG KONG - Tokyo was the stand-out performer in Asian trade on Monday on upbeat corporate earnings and a record close on Wall Street, but ...

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AAP | MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015

... quantitative easing (QE). HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly advanced following a healthy rally on Wall Street, while Tokyo was supported by a weaker yen and Hong Kong enjoyed strong buying in the afternoon to put on almost two per cent. The euro ...

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AAP | FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015

... still up from $US1.1354 late in New York on Wednesday, extending gains on bright eurozone economic growth data. HONG KONG - Tokyo's Nikkei index has been the biggest loser of Asia's major markets as the yen climbed against the US dollar, while Wall Street ...

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AAP | THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015

... but Shanghai and Hong Kong retreated after a further batch of weak data indicated ongoing weakness in the Chinese economy. Tokyo rose 0.71 per cent, or 139.88 points, to 19,764.72, Sydney jumped 0.71 per cent, or 40.4 points, to 5,715.1 and Seoul tacked ...

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AAP | TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015

... 3.04 per cent, or 127.66 points, to 4,333.58 and Hong Kong added 0.51 per cent, or 140.86 points, to close at 27,718.20. Tokyo rallied despite heavy losses in Sharp and Toshiba owing to fears about their balance sheets. The Nikkei added 1.25 per cent ...

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AAP | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015

... surrendered gains as investors eyed a US jobs report that will supply more clues about the strength of the world's top economy. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index on Friday rose 87.20 points, or 0.45 per cent, to end at 19,379.19, and Hong Kong added 1.05 ...

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AAP | FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015

... weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The Nikkei 225 index ended 239.64 points lower ...

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AAP | THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015

... lost 1.3 per cent or 27.65 points to end at 2,104.58, and Hong Kong ended down 114.63 points or 0.41 per cent at 27,640.91. Tokyo was closed for a holiday. Shanghai fell 1.62 per cent, or 69.44 points, to close at 4,229.27, after plunging more than four ...

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AAP | WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015

... Composite has recorded an astonishing 118 per cent gain over the past year, on expectations of further monetary easing in China. Tokyo and Seoul were closed for holidays, but early trade elsewhere in Asia had been energised by Wall Street, which put ...

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