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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... manufacturing activity hit an 18-month high in July, boosting hopes for the world's number two economy, as concerns over the Ukraine crisis eased. Shanghai rallied 1.28 per cent, or 26.57 points, to 2,105.06 and Hong Kong jumped 0.71 per cent, or 169.63 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... ratcheted up the pressure on Russia over the apparent shooting down of a Malaysian passenger jet over rebel-held east Ukraine, with the US insisting that Moscow force pro-Russian insurgents to cooperate with an international probe into the disaster. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... back on Friday, a day after selloffs in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Mr Farnham said that while the market was slightly higher, a fall in metals prices late last week meant resources companies ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... by 0.4% the next day before dropping big time on the 17th - the day civilian aircraft Malaysian MH17 was shot down over Ukraine and Israel sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. The S&P 500 closed 1.2% down. The international community was still coming ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... surged as strong Google earnings and a large pharmaceutical deal offset worries about worsening international crises in Ukraine and Gaza. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,507. Google shot ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Australian shares are lower at noon following the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. Wall Street retreated sharply off the back of the news overnight. The Dow Jones closed 161.39 points, or 0.94% A lower to 16,976.81 after reaching a record ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... this. These are the reasons why financial markets - after the initial shock - have largely discounted the goings-on in the Ukraine. But perhaps, not anymore... not with the downing of a Malaysian commercial airline over Ukraine last night. The Russians ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... looks set to open lower following falls on international markets after a Malaysian airliner crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine in an incident some Ukrainians blame on pro-Russia separatist forces. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... it be that investors are seeking the safety of US Treasuries amidst the on-going geo-political crisis in Iraq and the Ukraine, concerns over the stock market's valuation, doubts over the global recovery or more specifically, the uncertainty over America's ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... reports that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to cease the ceasefire with pro-Putin separatists in eastern Ukraine. To be fair, the Dow did not quite recoup the 0.7% lost the day before - up 0.3% overnight - nor did the S&P 500 (up 0.5% ...