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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices, on the day companies such as Babcock and Brown, Australian Agricultural Company and Colorado Group, hold their annual general ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... 15,822.64, down 41.92 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rebounded after Tuesday's rout as it followed the stronger performance of many of its overseas counterparts. The benchmark NZSX-50 gross index ended the day up 25.42 points at 3618.55 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... points, 205.88 points lower on the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei rose just under half a per cent as investors, encouraged by stronger-than-expected data, picked up stocks that had recently declined. The Nikkei average gained 68.27 points to 16,155.45. But ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... 5262.94, down 15.33 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei fell to its lowest close in six weeks as concerns about the impact of a stronger yen continued to weigh on exporters. The Nikkei ended down 89.79 points at 16,862.14. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended slightly ...

Daily Economic Update

... quarter after a decline of 0.3 per cent fall in the previous quarter. This is good news because rising productivity allows stronger economic growth without pushing up inflation. The bad news is that unit labour costs jumped by 2.5 per cent in the March ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger and recover a fair chunk of the sharp losses from yesterday as base metal prices rebounded strongly overnight. Further improvements in the gold price should also boost investor sentiment, although this ...

Daily economic update

... March from 8.2 per cent in the previous month. The latest reading is the lowest in four years and increases hopes for stronger domestic demand. So far, the Eurozone economy has largely been driven by exports as reflected in the Eurozone purchasing managers ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... expected expansionary Federal Budget (to be released next week) or will the rate hike (and its immediate offshoot - a stronger A$), along with high crude oil prices, slow the economy enough in the months ahead and force the central bank to reverse its ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... personal income rose by a higher-than-expected 0.8 per cent in March, personal spending increasing by 0.6 per cent. The stronger than expected gain in income was driven by wages, proprietors income and transfer payments from the Medicare health-care ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
... reveal production reports. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher, with the Dow industrials hitting a six-year high, buoyed by stronger-than-expected earnings from companies such as brewer Anheuser-Busch and a key broker dropping its "sell" rating on General ...