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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... KONG - Hong Kong shares closed higher as dealers took profits from earlier gains on the back of strong export figures from China. Trading was also cautious ahead of China's consumer price index data due on Friday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... billion ($A8.16 billion). The index was also helped by gains in Shanghai after regulators approved Agricultural Bank of China's plan to launch an initial public offering (IPO). SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed higher on Wednesday, but analysts said uncertainty ...

Former DST Global sales head jumps to SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... base. Prior to being DST Global head of sales in HK, Cheung also worked as DST's customer relationship manager in Greater China. He has been with the firm since 2002 climbing the ranks from sales manager in North Asia. Peter Hill, the Sydney-based managing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... of its production line workers by about 70 per cent. The move came after it last week gave its production line workers in China a 30 per cent pay rise. Chinese shares were flat, with the Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, edging ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... points. Turnover was $HK52.53 billion ($A8.16 billion). Chinese shares closed lower, with concerns that Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering would reduce liquidity in the market. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... offshore. A poor start on Asian equity markets was a further negative. "It's been pretty rocky so far today," Mr Foulsham said. "China has opened up now, Singapore has opened up and Hong Kong is about to open up. They are all quite weak. "There is just ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... US dollar was a "worthless piece of paper"? The report added that other Gulf States are also cutting their euro holdings. China. Investors worry about its slowdown. The same slowdown many were prescribing a few months back to prevent the Chinese economy ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... just over a year ago. Most major economies are out of recession and Asia is growing strongly. Yes, there are fears that China would slow, but wasn't this the market's prescription just a few months back? "Slow down your economy before you overheat," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Exchange fell 56.87 points to 9,711.83. HONG KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai shares tumbled after data showed manufacturing in China eased in May, indicating a slowdown in the world's third biggest economy. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... morning, showing a 3.5 point fall to 56.3 points in May, while the first of two installments of manufacturing data out of China was slightly lower than expectations. "I think that given we had a US and UK holiday overnight, and we're waiting on the Reserve ...