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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... far, there is some relief that the worst scenarios envisioned by some have not materialised. Although Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 1.4 per cent, that was a recovery from a 3.6 per cent drop earlier and is much smaller than the declines posted on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... futures contract was 19 points lower at 4565, with 37,375 contracts traded. The local bourse was following leads on Japan's Nikkei index, which opened two per cent lower, when seven per cent falls had been predicted, said CMC Markets analyst Ben Le Brun. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... heavy selling over the past two days amid concerns of a nuclear meltdown in Japan following last week's earthquake. The Nikkei surged after suffering its heaviest two-day sell-off for 24 years as crews struggled to prevent a catastrophe at the troubled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... After opening slightly higher on Wednesday, local stocks rose after Japan's market opened higher at 1100 AEDT. At noon the Nikkei 225 index was up by 6.2 per cent. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said gains on Japan's market were fuelling ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. The Nikkei has fallen by more than 16 per cent since Monday. A flight to bond market safety has caused yields to plunge. Australia ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... is the fifteenth." And on 15 March 2011, the financial markets around the globe all fell down. As is to be expected, the Nikkei-225 plunged 10.6 per cent on this day - taking its two-day fall to 16 per cent. So did other Asian equity markets including ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... after Monday's near 24 per cent plunge. Tokyo slumped 14.17 per cent at one point before late buying pared some losses. The Nikkei index ended down 10.55 per cent, or 1,015.34 points, at 8,605.15, its heaviest loss since the fall of Lehman Brothers in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... to halt production in areas hit by the quake and tsunami, which it is feared may have killed over 10,000 people. Tokyo's Nikkei stock index slumped 6.18 per cent, or 633.94 points, to 9,620.49, its sharpest per centage loss since December 2008 at the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... ending down 1.72 per cent and Hong Kong down 1.55 per cent, although the yen stabilised after an initial autumn. Tokyo's Nikkei ended 179.95 points lower at 10,254.43, Hong Kong dropped 365.11 points to 23,249.78 and the Shanghai Composite Index ended ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... magnitude "Great Hanshin Quake" - or Kobe earthquake - that hit Japan on 17 January 1995 provides a helpful guide. The Nikkei-225 index closed 6.6 per cent lower in the first week after the Kobe earthquake, was down 5.26 per cent after one month and ...