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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... to 9,116.32 points and the CAC 40 in Paris was flat at 4,117.79 points. Markit Economics said its Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for January rose to 52.9 points from 52.1 in December, the seventh monthly rise in a row. The rise was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 99 points, at 5,046. Data earlier showed that China's purchasing managers index for manufacturing, fell to 50.5 in January from 51.0 in December and 51.4 in November. The Institute for Supply ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker, following surprisingly weak Chinese manufacturing data. The HSBC purchasing managers' index on Thursday showed Chinese manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in January, with a reading of 49.6, down from December's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... disappointing Chinese economic data and weak leads from overseas markets prompted investors to sell. A preliminary HSBC purchasing managers' index suggested Chinese manufacturing looks set to contract in January, for the first time in six months, with ...

Future Fund defiant in face of airport legal proceedings

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... closed at a six-week low, with better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data unable to inspire investors. HSBC's purchasing managers' index for China, released on Monday, slipped to 50.8 in November from 50.9 in October, on a 100-point scale. Numbers ...

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... Bernanke gave no indication of when the Fed might start reducing its $US85 billion ($A90.39 billion) a month asset purchasing program. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said profit-taking evident on the Australian market over the last few sessions ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013