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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... HK$64.78 billion ($A8.17 billion). The city's benchmark index rose 7.6 per cent this week, boosted by the People's Bank of China's decision to cut its reserve requirement ratio for the first time in over three years. Market proxy Hong Kong Exchanges ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... 50 bps and extending their expiration by another six months from 1 August 2012 to 1 February 2013 - the People's Bank of China had already revealed liquification efforts of its own. The PBOC cut its banks' reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 21% effective ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Stanley Royal Bank of Scotland Plc UBS AG Wells Fargo & Co. S&P upgraded the ratings of the following institutions: Bank of China Ltd. China Construction Bank Corp.

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... their economy to be the No. 2 in the world flush down the drain. In fact, they've already reacted. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it's lowering reserve requirements for more than 20 rural cooperative banks by 50 basis points to 16% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... gains were wiped out as fears over the domestic economy returned. China Construction Bank ended up 2.5 per cent, Bank of China rose 2.1 per cent, Agricultural Bank added 2.0 per cent and Industrial and Commercial Bank was 1.5 per cent higher. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... America said it would sell roughly half of its 10 per cent stake in the Chinese lender. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China added 0.5 per cent to 4.10 yuan. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market started the day well, on the back of encouraging ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... slowed from the 9.7% pace recorded in the previous three-month period - a sign that the government and the People's Bank of China's tightening policies are beginning to flow through into the greater economy. Not so cold that it causes social unrest in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... government will introduce another batch of monetary easing measures soon. And Hong Kong was hit by a sell-off in Bank of China and China Construction Bank after Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek said it was offloading some of its stakes in the ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... are kicking runs out of road. Wall Street ended higher despite (could easily be 'because') news that the People's Bank of China raised interest rates for the third time this year. From this morning, deposit and lending rates in the second biggest economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... month, compared with 739.6 billion yuan in April, and 100.5 billion yuan less than a year earlier, the People's Bank of China said in a statement. In other markets, Singapore closed down 0.63 per cent, Taipei dived 1.41 per cent, Manila gained 1.14 per ...