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Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... for his ideal economic world to materialise. And those casting a nervous glance at the big downs in the Shanghai Composite Index are jumping at shadows. Why? Because this market is "domestic use only" and therefore, could not provide a measure of international ...

Sweet and sour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... after seeing Chinese equities rebound more sharply just as fast and by more as it has fallen. China's Shanghai Composite Index jumped by 4.5 per cent yesterday (sweet), erasing the previous day's 4.3 per cent fall (sour). Some interpreted the "big" one-day ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... adding 5.4 per cent, and trading houses gained on strong metals prices. Investors took heart after the Shanghai Composite Index jumped more than three per cent after falling to its lowest close in two months on Wednesday. That drop had led the Nikkei ...

The dragon stumbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... last year. Woe to us! Yes I said correction. Why? From that "correction" up to yesterday's "plunge," the Shanghai Composite Index has clocked up an impressive 71.7 per cent gain. And to keen observers of the Chinese equity market - we've seen all this ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... China's spectacular stock market boom is fast waning. Analysts fear that Tuesday's 7.2 per cent drop on The Shanghai composite index in response to global fears over a recession in the US could unleash an even greater wave of selling in ensuing weeks. ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... mainland. In spite of sensational news from PetroChina, the market took the news hard with the benchmark Shanghai Composite index falling to close down143 points. PetroChina's meteoric rise has seen it push Exxon Mobil off the podium to become the largest ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... attacks of September 11, 2001, and was sparked by the global repercussions of a nine per cent drop in the Shanghai Composite Index. The market downturn heavily hit major resource stocks like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, who are heavily exposed to the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
... resource stocks hit hard. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 360.08 points at 20,147.87 after the Shanghai Composite Index dived nearly 9 per cent -- its biggest fall in a decade -- amid worries of further tightening measures ahead of a parliament ...