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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... cent to 991.1. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended flat in quiet trade as dealers awaited key economic data from mainland China on Thursday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 17.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 22,121.43. Turnover was $HK57.96 billion ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... gave a crap about the US budget deficit and its ballooning government debt or that Greece's problems are not yet over or China is still manipulating its currency or the National Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee has not yet ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... expected after the close of trade. Stocks in Starbucks were also up on news that the coffee chain would expand its presence in China, according to CEO Howard Schultz. Its shares were trading up nearly one per cent to 24.73 a share. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... financial results coming through from the quarterly corporate earnings season in the United States and economic date from China later this week would help determine whether the market stayed above 5,000 points. "The market's happy today and hopefully ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... talks expected to focus on the yuan, with hopes that Beijing may allow its currency to appreciate. The United States and China's other key trading partners have been pressing for a stronger yuan, saying it is undervalued and gives exporters an unfair ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... particularly mining stocks, and there is obviously some flow through there from the sabre rattling that is occurring (in China) in iron ore." Of the iron stocks, Mr McCarthy said Grange Resources, Atlas Iron and Sims Metal had strong underlying fundamentals. ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... Hang Seng Index closed up 137.36 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 21,374.79. Turnover was $HK62.86 billion ($A8.83 billion). China shares closed higher as banks gained on bargain hunting while metal producers rallied amid expectations of increasing demand. ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... 0.06 per cent, at 966.13 points. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed higher, helped by strong corporate earnings data from China. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 184.32 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 21,237.43. Turnover was $HK54.59 billion ($A7.77 ...