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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... lower, shedding 7.59 points to close at 1,855.73. Hong Kong and Bangkok were closed for public holidays. Beijing's official PMI, a closely watched gauge of manufacturing activity, came in at 50.1 in June, in line with expectations but down from 50.8 ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... doesn't cut the mustard. Anyways, China had some nasty news too, which is bad for Australia and the world. China's official PMI slip to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March and lower than the expected 51.0 print. A mayday call perhaps...but only if you forget ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... indicators despite the announcements. But look now - the indicators are beginning to turn... almost everywhere. China's official PMI increased to 50.2 in October - the first time its manufacturing expanded (above 50) in three months - from 49.8 in September. ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... at 49.5 in October - from 47.9 in September - which, although still in contraction, represents another rise. The official PMI had contracted in August and September because of a broader slump in the economy caused by weak demand in Europe and the United ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... month and expectations for a 52.3 reading. America's manufacturing sector is contracting. So too is China's. China's official PMI dipped to 50.2 last month from 50.4 in May. While this is ahead of consensus expectations for a reading of 49.9, HSBC's ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... close, as they are now, as to whether there is actually contraction or expansion albeit at a slower rate. "China's official PMI is still hovering around the 50 mark, whereas HSBC's is 48 - because that's then in so-called contraction. That's where the ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... ourselves drowning in inflation. The domestic mining and resources sector would be happy to read reports that China's official PMI rose to 53.1 in March from 51 in the previous month. We should be happy too, for they will earn super profits that the ...
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