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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... after a sharp sell-off in US stocks. The Nikkei finished 220.49 points lower at 16,087.18, its lowest close since March 9. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell to a six-week low as falling global markets and fears of higher interest rates spurred a broad ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... softened. The Nikkei ended up 149.25 points at 16,307.67 after falling more than 1,100 points during the previous six sessions. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks tracked Asian markets higher as resource shares rose with commodity prices and easing interest ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... prices prompted heavy selling of energy and resources-related shares. The Nikkei finished down 328.49 points at 16,158.42. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks tracked losses in regional markets, falling just over half a per cent, after slides in metals and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... exporters after a sharp fall in US stocks and concerns about the strong yen. The Nikkei shed 114.87 points to close at 16,486.91. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed down almost 2.5 per cent, in their biggest one-day drop in nearly two years, as sharp ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... eight-month high against the US dollar. The Nikkei finished down 260.36 points at 16,601.78, losing 551.99 points in the week. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks slid almost one and a half per cent, the biggest one day slide in more than seven weeks, as fears ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... concerns about the impact of a stronger yen continued to weigh on exporters. The Nikkei ended down 89.79 points at 16,862.14. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended slightly higher as investors scooped up recent decliners. The Hang Seng index closed at 17,140.78 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... investors took profits ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting later in the day. The Nikkei ended down 238.98 points at 16,951.93. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell as investors were unsettled by a likely coming wave of fundraising, led by Bank of China's ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... exporters slid amid concerns about the impact of a high yen on their earnings. The Nikkei ended down 100.76 points at 17,190.91. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended down 0.97 per cent as investors booked profits in recent gainers like Hang Lung Properties ...

NAB completes $575m insurance sale to AXA

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has finally received the regulatory nod to complete the $575 million sale of MLC Hong Kong and MLC Indonesia to AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH). The bank flagged its intentions to divest its life insurance operations ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... measure of national land prices turned positive for the first time in 15 years. The Nikkei rose 137.90 points to 17,291.67. HONG KONG - Stocks rallied 1.69 per cent to a fresh 5-and-a-half-year peak as rate-sensitive property and banking shares such ...