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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... futures contract was up 84 points at 4273, with 15,361 contracts traded Markets have also taken heart from reports that China's central bank plans to create an investment vehicle to manage $US300 billion ($A294.88 billion) worth of funds to target investments ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... is weak for money or the currency doesn't come down but if you take a view that Europe won't collapse and muddle through, China will ease policy and the US looks constructive on its growth, beyond the first quarter of next year I think the economy can ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... to 2325.91. The Asian Development Bank trimmed its 2012 growth projections for emerging East Asian economies, including China, from 7.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent because of the continuing eurozone uncertainties. It said "major downside risks" included ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... around 4 per cent". Not gangbusters but still a decent rate by any standard. Internationally, despite slowing growth in China, the 9.4% GDP expansion in the third quarter is indicative of a soft landing - one that would enable sustainable growth in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Europe, surged 8.7 per cent to HK$11.98, while exporter Li & Fung rose 3.3 per cent to HK$16.94. Snack-food maker Want Want China, which joined the Hang Seng Index on Monday, rose 3.1 per cent to HK$8.20. The market was also buoyed by hopes that Beijing ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... and extending their expiration by another six months from 1 August 2012 to 1 February 2013. Help from the People's Bank of China also reducing by 50 bps its banks' reserve requirement ratio - starting this very day. Help from news out of the Eurozone ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... soared on Thursday after the world's top central banks took action to boost liquidity for the gummed-up financial system and China cut the amount of cash lenders must hold in reserve. Regional shares followed a global rally as credit crunch fears aggravated ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... weeks before created angst and anxiety from New York to Rio and old London town. There was news indicating that "oh-em-gee" China is slowing. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) reported that its PMI fell to 49 in November from October's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... but have failed to deliver a clearer sense of how the currency union will proceed. Investor sentiment was also lifted by China's move to reduce bank reserve levels on Wednesday to release money for lending and help shore up slowing growth. Higher growth ...