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Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... release of US economic growth figures, while Hong Kong eased on profit-taking after posting 10 straight days of gains. The Nikkei was also hit on Friday as the dollar eased back after hitting four-month highs against the yen, which has come under pressure ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Wall Street provided a weak lead. Tokyo on Tuesday closed mixed as profit-taking offset earlier gains on a weaker yen. The Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.04 per cent or 3.54 points to 9,014.25. The euro had hit a five-month high of Y104.60 in morning trade ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... bargain-hunting wiped out the morning session's losses sparked by Wall Street's sharp fall and poor September trade figures. The Nikkei added 8.03 points to 9,010.71. Hong Kong added 0.68 per cent, or 145.79 points, to 21,697.55 and Shanghai rose 0.21 ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 ended 2.53% higher (topped by a 3.41% jump in Spanish stocks), the FTSE-100 gained 1.1% and Japan's Nikkei-225 index finished 1.44% stronger. When it rains, it pours. Yes Virginia, we've not only been getting rain since then, but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... fresh Bank of Japan monetary easing lifted the dollar and euro against the yen, which in turn provided a platform for the Nikkei index. Tokyo gained 0.89 per cent, or 77.72 points, to 8,824.59. Hong Kong was 0.09 per cent higher, closing 19.67 points ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... slipped, Japanese business confidence fell, and worries persisted over the eurozone debt crisis. In Tokyo the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.83 per cent, or 73.65 points, at 8,796.51, and Singapore slipped 0.08 per cent, or 2.48 points, to ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... on the 12th, up 0.6%. Since the Fed's QE announcement on 13 September, the S&P 500 index has risen a whopping 0.02%. The Nikkei-225 index rose 1.2% the day the BOJ delivered a QE of its own but the index gave it all back the following day, and then some ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... for bonds - yes, the one where investors want a return OF capital. Over this timeframe, the S&P 500 has gained 10.6%; the Nikkei's up 10.3%, the FTSE-100's up 11.4%; the All Ords' up 9.4% and the Euro Stoxx's up... wait for it, 18.1%. Shoulda? Woulda? ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... crisis after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for action to drive down borrowing costs. But Tokyo's Nikkei index on Tuesday slipped after the previous day's rally, edging down 0.16 per cent as the US dollar held on to recent gains ...