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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... support, while the dollar and euro remained on a high against the yen on expectations of new monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo on Wednesday ended 0.39 per cent, or 36.38 points, up at 9,468.84 and Seoul climbed 0.61 per cent, or 11.86 points ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... about five per cent in the past three sessions, ended the day 0.12 per cent lower on profit-taking and after the Bank of Japan held off any new monetary easing measures following a policy meeting. The Nikkei shed 10.56 points to 9,142.64. Sydney finished ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, with Tokyo rebounding from the previous day's losses as dealers welcomed the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) latest stimulus push. Trade was thin on Wednesday, with Wall Street closed for a second day as superstorm Sandy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... of rising German unemployment. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets have closed mixed but Tokyo closed lower after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced monetary easing that was only slightly bigger than market forecasts and cut its growth outlook. With US markets ...

Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... four-month highs against the yen, which has come under pressure owing to expectations for fresh monetary easing by the Bank of Japan and upbeat US data. Tokyo fell 1.35 per cent, or 122.14 points, to 8,933.06 and Sydney closed 0.84 per cent, or 38.1 ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... contracted for the fifth straight quarter in September or that Moody's downgraded 5 of the country's regions, or that the Bank of Japan is set to lower its growth outlook (again) next week. Never mind them, you, I and Irene always knew this. It's the ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. Despite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... edge. The US dollar and euro held on to recent gains against the yen on talk of another round of stimulus by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Hong Kong, which was returning after a two-day holiday, rose 0.23 per cent, or 47.90 points, to 20,888.28. Tokyo fell ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the country's constitution. The US Federal Reserve set QE3 in motion. Even those we didn't expect to do did. The Bank of Japan announced APP (asset purchase programme) also last month and the Reserve Bank of Australia just lopped another 25 basis points ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 index dropping by 1.1% overnight - the fourth consecutive ...