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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... points, at 2,363.60. Tokyo shrugged off a record monthly trade deficit of Y1.475 trillion ($A17.22 billion) to close with the Nikkei 225 up 1.08 per cent or 100.92 points at 9,485.09. On currency markets, the euro was at $1.3215 and 105.01 yen, up from ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Japanese equities started 2012 on the right foot with the Nikkei-225 index up by more than 4.0% in January. It is also now 7.9% above last year's low of 8,160.01 points. Viewed in this light, Japan's stock market appears to be in the mend. However ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... moved down 0.5 per cent to 5,751.90. HONG KONG - Many Asia markets were closed for the Lunar New Year. However, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock rose 0.2 per cent to 8,785.33, despite the central bank cutting growth forecasts for the fiscal year ending March ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... better-than-expected US stats and earnings reports over the past few weeks. Australia's All Ordinaries Index and Japan's Nikkei-225 are up 4.7% and 3.7%, respectively. And most Asian equity markets are up strongly (so far) paced by the 9.1% rally in ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... lending, said three euro-area officials with knowledge of policy makers' deliberations." Fresh leak, rumour, gossip, report. Nikkei.com published a report saying that the G-20 is mulling a US$600 billion lending program for Europe through the International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... third straight weekly decline. Tokyo stocks closed 1.56 per cent higher, also on reports of IMF assistance for Italy. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 127.48 points to 8,287.49. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose from a three-month ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... fuelling global anxiety about the future of the euro. Hong Kong stocks slumped more than five per cent and in Tokyo, the Nikkei ended down almost three per cent. Investors in Asia took succour on Wednesday from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... the ASX has taken the lead and is well prepared for the new competition from Chi-X. "In Japan, Chi-X has around 3% of the Nikkei within one year, and that is not too bad. So this will be an interesting experiment here as there is a much fairer playing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... ahead of Germany's key bailout package vote. Tokyo reversed early losses to finish 0.99 per cent higher, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index rising 85.58 points to 8,701.23 as the market welcomed a rebound in the euro. But Seoul was the standout performer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... announced on Thursday they would act in concert to lend US dollars to banks facing a shortage of the American currency. Japan's Nikkei jumped 2.25 per cent, or 195.30 points, to close at 8,864.16. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed 273.81 points (1.43 ...