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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... 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 cause of ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... 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 0.7 per ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... 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.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... 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 Services ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... at 2,433.13 after the Chinese central bank injected a huge amount of cash into the market to satisfy pre-Lunar New Year holiday demand from traders. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 34.455 points, or 0.8 per cent to 4211.946.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... We're in trouble now! That's if you don't consider that the February numbers have been distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, that it's just a single data point in a trend of high surpluses or that it is a sign that Beijing's efforts to curb overheating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... measures around Asia as countries try to tame inflation in the region. China meanwhile chose the end of the Lunar New Year holiday to raise interest rates by 25 basis points for the third time in four months as authorities ramp up efforts to curb borrowing ...