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From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... "contagion."A And it showed with most Asian markets suffering large losses on the same day, punctuated by the 5.8% slump in the Hang Seng Index, the 3.1% drop in the Nikkei and the 2% fall in the ASX 200 index. The "fear" of contagion springs from the ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... weak reading on Chinese manufacturing activity raised hopes for further stimulus measures by Beijing. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 61.33 points to close at 27,523.72. Shanghai advanced 1.87 per cent, which came after HSBC's preliminary reading ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... crisis - that started about the same time as the 1 July 1997 handover - muddied investor sentiment at the time. The Hang Seng index reached what was then its record high of 16,647.54 points on 8 August 1997 - a month and a bit after the official handover ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... boosted by news that China's central bank had cut the amount of cash lenders must keep in reserve. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday added 85.73 points to 24,765.49 on turnover of $HK100.17 billion ($A16.62 billion). In mainland China ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... boosted by a rally in oil prices and hopes for fresh economy-boosting measures by China's leaders. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index added 70.04 points to 24,554.78 on turnover of $HK80.31 billion ($A13.27 billion). US investors provided a strong ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, which will see US markets closed Thursday and open for shortened trade on Friday. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.45 per cent or 107.70 points to 24,004.28 on turnover of HK$72.888 billion (US$9.4 billion) ahead of an Organisation ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
hanghai and Hong Kong's equity markets stood out yesterday. The Shanghai composite index surged by 2.3% and the Hang Seng index gained more than 0.8% despite renewed anxiety over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... in telecommunication stocks - prompted by gains in China Mobile - lifting the benchmark index to a six-year high. The Hang Seng Index added 153.58 points to 24,954.94 by the close of play on Friday on turnover of $HK69.11 billion ($A9.65 billion). Shanghai ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... cent, or 2.54 points, to 1,992.03. Profit taking hit Hong Kong after spending most of the day in positive territory. The Hang Seng closed flat, edging down 13.99 points to 23,167.73 while Shanghai tumbled 1.55 per cent, or 31.78 points, to 2,023.74. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Wall Street and a general advance across Asia was offset by profit-taking from the previous day's gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 12.10 points at 22,965.86 on turnover of HK$51.40 billion ($A7.17 billion). Shares extended their gains seen ...