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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... concerns over the unresolved crisis at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant after plutonium was detected at the site. The Nikkei 225 index closed off 19.45 points to 9,459.08. The Topix index fell 7.64 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 850.21. The detection ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... week's gains and on concerns about radiation hampering work to stabilise a crippled nuclear power plant, dealers said. The Nikkei 225 index on Monday slipped 57.60 points to 9,478.53. Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co. plunged nearly 18 per cent with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... Potter said there would probably be no rhyme or reason for local market sentiment until it could follow leads from Japan's Nikkei index later on Monday. "We have opened quite a bit lower, you can't really tell whats going on," he told AAP. "All sectors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... of Japan's biggest companies are closer to resuming production after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 101.12 points to 9,536.13, while the Topix index added 3.43 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 857.38. However, caution ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... over Japan's post-earthquake nuclear crisis and a deepening food radiation scare eroded earlier bullish sentiment. The Nikkei 225 index slipped 14.46 points to 9,435.01. The Topix index fell 7.15 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 853.95. Concern over the ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... sell-off last week in the wake of Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear crisis at a stricken atomic plant. The Nikkei 225 index closed down 158.85 points, or 1.65 per cent, at 9,449.47 points. The Topix index closed down 7.03 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Japanese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, helped by signs of progress in containing Japan's post-quake nuclear crisis. The Nikkei index closed up 401.57 points, or 4.36 per cent, at 9,608.32 points. The Topix index closed up 37.74 points, or 4.54 per ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... could get that although concerned, there hasn't been any observable and widespread panic in the financial markets. Sure the Nikkei-225 index plunged by 10.6 per cent on 15 March when its nuclear power plants threatened to blow - this, by the way, is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... major industrial nations agreed to intervene in currency markets to help the earthquake-stricken nation. The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 244.08 points, or 2.72 per cent, at 9,206.75 points. A stronger yen is a negative for Japan's powerhouse export sector ...