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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Reserve said it would begin buying government bonds as a way to stimulate the economy. News of slower industrial growth in China and a disappointing economic indicator in Japan helped send stocks plunging first in Asia, then in Europe and the US. Investors ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Fed's actions just confirmed its worst fears - the sky is falling! Now every other indicator is being given a negative spin. China. New lending amounted to only 533 billion yuan in July, down from 603 bil in the previous month and lower than market expectations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... said the other factors driving the market down were reports of weakening business confidence and a slowdown in imports into China, Australia's main export target. Mr Smith said uncertainty created by the election may be the reason for the market's reaction ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... City Index market strategist Michael McCarthy said trading conditions were subdued ahead of important economic data from China and Commonwealth Bank's latest earnings report, due later in the week. "Looking at the volumes, they are quite low so it suggests ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... environment likely would remain steady in the near future. Auto makers dropped after the Shanghai Securities News reported that China's auto sales in July fell 6.7 per cent from the previous month to 1.06 million units. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... three- month high." Europe's DJ Stoxx 600 index and the FTSE-100 index jumped by 2.6 and 2.7 per cent, respectively and China's Shanghai Composite index climbed 1.3 per cent to its highest level since May. The world it's turning inside out Yeah! Never ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... small to mid-size stocks in the region show the best promise. The president of investments at Fidelity International said China remains one of the best investment opportunities of the next decade despite a move by the Chinese government to slow growth. ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... chief investment officer at Asian equities manager Seres Asset Management. "There has been a great deal of speculation about China relaxing its tightening measures which has generated a lot of volatility in China and in Asian markets as a whole. "But ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... down 3.87 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 825.48 points. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose amid improved sentiment towards China and on prospects for the former British colony's property market. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 102.47 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Mr Taylor said investors had recently been focusing on sovereign debt concerns in Europe and on an economic slowdown in China. But with the US corporate earnings season underway, investors were shifting attention again to the health of the US economy. ...