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Showing 11 - 20 of 46 results for "Lunar New Year"

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... 48.3% in the year to Feb. The numbers are so outrageous that they could have been distorted (by the timing of the Lunar New Year) or manipulated into the truth (as President Xi goes all out on his anti-corruption campaign) or for whatever reason but ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... a five-day winning streak. Chinese markets also rose at the open in the first day of trade after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. But Shanghai quickly reversed course to close down 0.56 per cent despite a survey showing Chinese factory activity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... trend as it fell 0.35 per cent, or 86.89 points, to 24,750.07. Mainland Chinese markets are still closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 31.392 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5722.965.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... equity markets were unfazed by the trouble in Europe as trade began to wind down in several Asian bourses before the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of the week. Tokyo fell 0.10 per cent, or 17.68 points, to 17,987.09 and Sydney lost 0.52 per cent ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... February. Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mr Shamu said the missing Malaysian aircraft was adding to a sombre mood, with people not knowing what was the ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... February. Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mr Shamu said the missing Malaysian aircraft was adding to a sombre mood, with people not knowing what was the ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... of America-Merrill Lynch economists Ting Lu and Xiaojia Zhi think that the numbers were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year. The Wall Street Journal Marketwatch quoted them saying that, the "... PMI data are heavily seasonally adjusted, but the seasonal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... 1.00 per cent, or 213.72 points, to end at 21,636.85, while Shanghai - on its first day open after a week-long Lunar New Year holiday - closed up 0.56 per cent, or 11.42 points, at 2,044.50. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index has gained 32.845 points, or ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... following weeks of anti-government demonstrations. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur were closed for the lunar new year holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 25.081 points, or 0.5 per cent to 4849.502.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... China's exports had surged a much better-than-expected 21.8 per cent on year in February, even with the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, while imports tumbled 15 per cent. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose as investors piled into Diligent Board Members ...