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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... markets mostly reversed gains from the previous day despite the Dow hitting another record on Wall Street, but Tokyo's Nikkei was further supported by a weak yen. Tokyo rose 0.30 per cent on Thursday, or 35.81 points, to 11,968.08 but Sydney eased 0.15 ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... that are likely to occur."" So far, so good. Seven weeks into the new year and stock markets are up: S&P 500, up 6.6%; Nikkei 225, up 7.5%; Shanghai Composite, up 7.2%; All Ords, up 8.4%; even a deeper than expected recession in the Eurozone couldn't ...

Nikkei 13K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... rose 0.16 per cent, or 38.16 points, to 23,215.16 and Shanghai added 0.57 per cent, or 13.87 points, to 2,432.40. Japan's Nikkei suffered a sell-off for a second straight day on profit-taking - after surging 3.77 per cent to a four-and-half-year high ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... strong rally in the previous session, while they are also awaiting the release of Chinese economic indicators. Tokyo's Nikkei suffered a deep correction after storming almost four per cent to its highest level since September 2008 as the yen reclaimed ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... just yesterday morning, word spread that China and Japan rattling their sabres again. What did investors do? They sent the Nikkei-225 up 3.8% and the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 4.2% higher. Yeah ok, there was also good news in Japan - BOJ Governor Shirkawa ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... in 2012 were handsomely rewarded. The S&P 500 gained 13.4%, the All Ords rose by 13.5%, the DJ Euro Stoxx by 15.5%, the Nikkei-225 by 22.9% and even the Shanghai Composite Index notched a still positive 3.2%. This year, it looks like it's the others ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... session the euro reached $1.3578, its highest level since November 2011. HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed, with Japan's Nikkei leading the way, fuelled by continuing weakness in the yen and a powerful performance on Wall Street, where the Dow closed ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... stocks are at 23-month highs. Chinese shares are now in a bull market, rallying by 20.4% since 3 December. So too is the Nikkei. It's up by 25.5% since its November low. To be sure, to be sure, domestic policy measures enacted in these other markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... territorial spat with China and Europe's long-running debt crisis. Tokyo reversed early losses thanks to the yen's dip, with the Nikkei up 1.28 per cent, or 133.88 points, at 10,620.87 at the close on Thursday. Sydney rose 0.47 per cent, or 22.4 points ...