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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... 1.18 per cent, to close at 2,398.37, ending the first half of 2010 down 26.8 per cent. The Shenzhen Composite Index for China's smaller second exchange dropped 1.3 percent to 945.29. Buying sentiment was dampened after the benchmark hit a 14-month low ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... consumer confidence fell for the first time in four months. That data added to the negative impact of a downward revision of China's economic activity. Bell Financial Group senior adviser Chris Kimber said that while the figures from China were lower ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... they found it! The stars aligned. One after another, economic data releases shouted sell! get out! Vamoosh! News out of China -- or is it out of America about China? -- kicked off the global selling frenzy. In an emailed statement, the US Conference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... settle at 1,041.24. Stocks began falling from the opening bell in sympathy with Asian and European markets on fears about China's economic growth following a major downgrade to a key economic indicator on the Asian giant. The Conference Board, a US business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... per cent, weighed by liquidity concerns before the impending blockbuster initial public offering of Agricultural Bank of China, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, was down 17.54 points at 2,535.28 on turnover ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... recovery (which could require more fiscal largesse)? The US calls for more stimulus, Europe for more fiscal tightening and China... it just wanted to be ignored. According to Reuters, Beijing demanded that reference to its exchange rate in the draft ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... 189.19 points to 9,923.70, erasing all of the gains on Monday when it surged 2.4 per cent to a one-month high on hopes that China's increased flexibility on the yuan would increase the country's buying power. In another weak technical sign, the Nikkei's ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Financial markets have comeback to reality after being distracted by the renminbi sideshow courtesy of the Peoples Bank of China. They've woken up to the reality that their dream of a floating, dearer yuan is just that a dream. Oh yes, the PBOC tried ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... firmly in the red, with the big miners and banks losing ground after a flat Wall Street lost some of its enthusiasm for China letting its currency appreciate. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 54.3 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 4558.3 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... points, on volume of 14,560 contracts. US stocks closed lower on Monday after investors lost some of their enthusiasm about China's decision to let its currency appreciate against the US dollar. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 8.23 points ...