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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was almost two per cent higher at noon following strong gains across the bourse, after a modest rise on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 61.7 points, or 1.78 per cent higher at 3536.1, while the ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... as it may seem for many reeling western democracies, especially for the US, they may have to resort to nationalisation. China, for instance, is able to 'ask' its government-controlled institutions not to restrict lending. Like all other economies, it ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... in the market this morning. The mood's pretty good leading into the weekend. "There's a bit of optimism around town that China may be picking their stockpiles back up and shipping may be increasing." By 1202 AEDT, BHP Billiton, the largest company on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Hong Kong's stock index bucked the regional trend to rise almost 1 per cent on Thursday, lifted by growing optimism about China's economic outlook. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 115.01 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 13,178.9, but closed well off its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Wednesday to snap a three-day losing streak, with Hitachi Construction and other machinery shares surging on hopes that China's economy may soon turn the corner. Tech shares extended gains on hopes they may be early winners from an economic upturn, while ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... strategies to use this year. ITG highlighted that average trading costs varied widely in the Asia Pacific region. India, China and Korea shares were the cheapest places to trade with an average trading cost of around 20bp. In contrast, trading shares ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... re-pricing and are therefore the most attractive regions to look at first. By contrast, the US, Canada and the eastern cities of China won't suffer the brunt of the GFC until the fourth quarter of 2009. "For structural reasons, the US market has been ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
AXA Asia Pacific enjoyed strong year-to-December fund flows in China, India, Thailand and Malaysia but 'new business' outside insurance slowed in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The company announced last week that due to the weak markets globally ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... much bigger economies down the drain. The US, Japan, the Eurozone and the UK are sinking -- nay, they are drowning. Even China has slowed. The threat that Australia will get sucked into this vortex is real. The Federal Government has already handed billions ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... downward spiral. The Australian term for this is "sucked in". The big economies of Japan, the Eurozone, Britain and now even China have been 'sucked in'. In time, no matter how much positive spin we put on Australia, if the situation goes unabated, Australia ...