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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... valuations for Hong Kong equities and an improvement in sentiment after the China's National People's Congress meeting, where Beijing affirmed plans to invest in affordable housing. However, concerns linger due to a further surge in oil prices and expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... loss of more than three per cent. Chinese property developers shrugged off the latest reserve requirement ratio hike by Beijing, which could make it more difficult for them to seek financing from Chinese banks. The People's Bank of China said on Friday ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... requirement for the country's largest banks by 50 bps to 20 per cent last week. Many expect an interest rate hike to follow as Beijing continues to rein in growth to slow inflation. Speaking of raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of India did just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... and B shares, was down 33.5 points to 2,897.3 on turnover of 170.6 billion yuan. Nuclear energy firms fell sharply after Beijing suspended approving new projects. Steel makers and gold miners were hit on concerns that possible further tightening moves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... cent in February, raising expectations of yet another rate hike. That prospect sent Chinese banking stocks tumbling. In Beijing, central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said interest rates remained an important policy tool in fighting surging prices -- following ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... the Lunar New Year holiday, that it's just a single data point in a trend of high surpluses or that it is a sign that Beijing's efforts to curb overheating is working. Then it marched to Europe as the European sovereign debt crisis again reared its heavily ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... 2,926.96, its highest since December 14. The gains in Hong Kong and China were capped after the municipal government in Beijing imposed fresh restrictions on home-buyers in the latest attempt to rein in soaring house prices. Stocks were given a strong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Chinese annualised inflation was lower than expected, but concerns remained that it was still high, especially given that Beijing had changed its methodology for producing the figure, reducing the weight of food prices. Analysts in Hong Kong, where the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... Middle East. The Shanghai index gained on Friday and Thursday as traders had already factored in a rate hike announced by Beijing on Tuesday -- the third on the mainland in four months. In other markets, Singapore fell 0.84 per cent, Manila closed 0.29 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... rate rise on Tuesday continued to worry Hong Kong, as US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke made rare criticism of the Beijing central bank's anti-inflationary strategy. In other markets, Singapore tumbled 1.50 per cent, with Singapore Telecom falling ...