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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... the Dow's 30 blue-chip stocks were in the red, with industrials among the worst performers. Downbeat economic data from China and the eurozone also weighed on global market sentiment. A preliminary manufacturing report from HSBC showed that activity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Australia, the market on Wednesday recovered to finish in positive territory, pushed up by positive economic data out of China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished up 31.6 points, or 0.78 per cent, at 4,071.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... in the pudding is then Australian PM Kevin Rudd's A$900 handout to every Australian man, woman and child. Sure there was China and the rest of Asia, and RBA rate cuts, but I would bet that this bit also counted in shielding the Australian economy from ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" Matthew 7:3 This is perhaps the reason why Europeans are knocking on China's door. It's got US$3.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves to spare. But if they think China's just going to shower them ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... market on Wednesday closed more than one per cent lower, with broad-based losses across almost all sectors on speculation China was unlikely to inject capital into debt-ridden European economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 66.9 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... In Australia on Tuesday, the market saw broad-based gains as it recouped part of Monday's heavy losses, amid speculation China was seeking to buy into ailing European banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.02 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 4,072.7 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... London's FTSE-100 lost 1.63 per cent. But a report in London's Financial Times that Italian officials had held talks with China over a potential purchase of Italian bonds caused US stocks to erase their losses and finish higher. "It's nothing new and ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Investors looking to Asian opportunities invariably focus almost exclusively on China but Indonesian investment managers are making a case that their country is in an early phase of the economic development cycle and represents opportunities just as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... the most powerful elements at the ECB," Andrea Tueni of Saxo Bank said. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly fell on Friday as China's August inflation rate remained on the high side, while US President Barack Obama's plan to boost jobs in the world's biggest ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... including market turbulence, sovereign debt issues, the weakening US economy and related fiscal challenges, the growth of China and complexities facing Japan. "In our view there is inflation building in the system at the same time as we are working through ...