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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... profit-taking wiped out earlier gains in Softbank and other heavyweights. The Nikkei closed 18.54 points lower to 15,872.02. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rallied 1.18 percent in their biggest one-day percentage gain in three weeks as BOC Hong Kong shares ...

Pengana portfolio manager steps down

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... from his post with the Australian property securities team, and will leave the group at the end of September to relocate to Hong Kong. Pengana chief executive officer, Russell Pillemer, said a recruitment process was underway but Thorpe-Apps would continue ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... 15,890.56 in thin trade as property stocks gained on expectations the Bank of Japan would not raise rates in the near future. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended higher mirroring other strong Asian markets as futures-related buying spurred gains in index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... share price and recent gainers such as Canon succumbed to profit-taking. The Nikkei ended 176.07 points lower at 15,762.59. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks slipped 0.20 per cent as blue-chip conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Holdings extended ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... loss in five weeks, as Toyota Motor and other recent gainers declined on concern about the outlook for the key US market. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index rose 72.41 points to 16,955.45. WELLINGTON - The NZX-50 index rose 15.5 points to 3484.41 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... economy encouraged investors to sell blue-chip shares such as Toyota Motors. The Nikkei shed 202.41 points to 15,960.62. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended down 1.2 per cent at their lowest close in four weeks as a broad-based sell-off followed in-line ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... Nikkei slipped 18.14 points to 16,163.03 as a regulator's probe into consumer lender Acom weighed on stocks in that sector. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 61.36 points to 17,088.39 after a US Federal Reserve official suggested higher ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... close since May 17. The benchmark now has returned to positive territory for the year, adding 0.4 percent since January. HONG KONG - Stocks gained 0.83 per cent as shares in PetroChina Co Ltd and other oil companies climbed on strong crude prices, helping ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... too high too fast. The Nikkei fell 136.94 points to 15,969.04, ending below 16,000 for the first time since last Tuesday. HONG KONG - Stocks skidded 1.86 per cent, their biggest one-day percentage decline in two months as China's move to raise interest ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... find and often hard to access due to capacity constraints," he said. The portfolio will be a mix of Australian, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore listed equities, with potential to expand into Korea, Taiwan and Japan, will not actively manage currency ...