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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... closed relatively flat as investors awaited key economic data and commentary from the United States and more figures on China's economic growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.5 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,096.5 points, while the broader ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... previous month. That only good in America's bad news is that it strengthens the case for another Fed QE. It's the same in China, the same in the sense that financial markets still are of two minds about its outlook. Yesterday's trade stats offered no ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Rome's FTSE Mib was 0.40 per cent higher at 13,868 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, as weakening demand for imports in China provided new evidence of a slowdown in the region's biggest economy and investors shrugged off a eurozone bid to help ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... expected to fall below the psychological eight per cent barrier. "It's about growth metrics now, it's all about growth in China for us and growth everywhere in world, which is a breeding ground for equities," Mr Weston told AAP. "It's quite a bleak picture ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... days. But whateva, the fact remains that investors appear to be uncommitted to buy lest Europe blows, the US double-dips, China lands hard, etc. or sell, lest fiscal and monetary authorities produce another one of those bag of goodies. While there's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower after the release of disappointing US jobs data and concerns about China's economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.5 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,118.3 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... per cent. LONDON - European stock markets fell on Friday as traders brushed off monetary stimulus measures in Europe and China, and focused instead on disappointing jobs data in the United States. London's benchmark FTSE 100 slid 0.53 per cent to close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower following interest rate cuts in Europe and China. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,156.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... set to open slightly lower after Wall Street fell on weak US consumer spending data and concerns about the slowing pace of China's economic growth. At 0644 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4,124. ...