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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... investors were reluctant to buy ahead of Japan's interim corporate earnings season, which gets into full swing next week. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares jumped 1.23 per cent to their highest level in more than 14 months, helped by a rise in commodities ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Hong Kong's securities and futures market regulator is taking financial literacy to another level with a three-stage investments game show where contestants can win up to $7,000 in cash prizes. The first round of the Securities and Futures Commission ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Technology shares were among the rising shares in the wake of well received earnings reports from US heavyweights IBM and Google. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares ended 0.31 per cent lower, as investors took profits after recent gains. The benchmark Hang ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... negative effect on exporter earnings. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index climbed 178.44 points, or 1.77 per cent, to 10,238.65. HONG KONG - Shares closed at their highest level in more than 14 months on strong data from China as well as Wall Street's overnight ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... client base is Chinese - asking us for some form of access into China. "Most Chinese people who are here have families in Hong Kong and Mainland China and they get news about how their markets are doing, and we get feedback from that. "We looked into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... creditors of Y250 billion ($A3.06 billion) or more. The Nikkei-225 index fell 16.35 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 10,060.21. HONG KONG - Upbeat sentiment going into the third-quarter earnings season gave Asian markets a boost as resources stocks were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... raised its ratings on several industry heavyweights. The Nikkei-225 index gained 60.17 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 10,076.56. HONG KONG - Strength in Shanghai's markets gave Hong Kong a boost, led by state-owned oil producers following a jump in crude ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... 40 index gained 46.19 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 3,845.8 points. TOKYO - Japan's market was closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Profit-taking took over following last week's gains in Hong Kong. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 200.09 points ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' - hurt their exports - by its depreciation. And this shows risk is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... record profit for this business year. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 183.92 points, or 1.87 per cent or to 10,016.39. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices rose slightly as earlier gains were pared back by profit-taking. The market was in consolidation ...