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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... have been building that Chinese authorities will announce more monetary easing ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, the country's legislature, next week. The Shanghai Composite Index added 69.52 points to close at 3,298.36 on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... construction stocks were hit after the government set out rules aimed at capping house prices. But eyes were on China's National People's Congress (NPC), which opened Tuesday with outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao saying the government would target growth ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... early, significant policy announcements of key structural reforms are unlikely to be announced until after the National People's Congress in March," Ning said. This is when the new government will be officially formed. "Even so, the economic and corporate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... cent, or 34.55 points, to 2,410.45. Traders said Monday's announcement by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening of the National People's Congress - the annual parliamentary meeting - that China would target 7.5 per cent growth in 2012 cast a pall over global ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... China is slowing scare was prompted by reports that Premier Wen Jiabao, speaking at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, lowered the government's growth target from 8% -- the written goal since 2005 - to 7.5% as it steers the economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... factors included undemanding valuations for Hong Kong equities and an improvement in sentiment after the China's National People's Congress meeting, where Beijing affirmed plans to invest in affordable housing. However, concerns linger due to a further ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... on the mainland and in Hong Kong were also adopting a cautious attitude ahead of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress, starting Saturday, for signs of any changes in policy direction. Hong Kong was weighed by HSBC after investors ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... certainly way, way passed the GFC. Speculations were sparked by PboC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's speech before the National People's Congress in Beijing that, the "special yuan" policy is a "temporary" response to the global financial crisis. If you speak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... Turnover was $HK64.32 billion ($A9.14 billion). An absence of macroeconomic tightening measures at China's annual National People's Congress meetings also supported equity markets. WELLINGTON - Surging share prices in the US on Friday translated into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... session that begins this weekend. Analysts said this year's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and National People's Congress sessions in Beijing would be particularly important as the country's 12th Five-Year Plan would be drafted. In ...