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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... rallies. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index shed 380.44 points to end at 20,341.64. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket outperformed Asian markets On Thursday and did not react to news that the local unemployment rate rose to a surprise 7.3 per ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... but the next decade," he said. He expects inflation to tick up slightly but to remain around 2.5 per cent. The local sharemarket, James said, should reach 5,300 mid this year and the Australian dollar could hit 98 US cents before falling to 90 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... Street lead. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index added 28.43 points to end at 20,272.18. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket began Tuesday positively but gave it all away in the afternoon to end up slightly down for the day. The benchmark NZX-50 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... it wasn't as bad as we were expecting, so people have recognised things got oversold," Mr Page said. On Friday the sharemarket recorded its biggest one-day percentage fall in two months. Mr Page said on Monday the big miners and the banks had helped ...

AMP won't rely on M&A: Dunn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... noted the firm must focus on driving up net cash flows and generating new business activity, instead of relying on the sharemarket to gain assets under management, to grow. To do this, he said, AMP would invest in strategies that lower costs to its financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... index to resume falling in the near term because of continued weakness in Chinese shares. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket's pre-reporting season drift continued unabated with the benchmark index easing slightly while other markets in Asia rallied. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... year-to-date closing high of 22,416 on January 6. Analysts said support could be around 18,000. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed lower on Wednesday as investors continued to assess a range of government interventions globally and awaited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... saw its fifth straight loss, giving up 489.22 points, or 2.38 per cent, to 20,109.33. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket opened higher on Wednesday, up 4.8 points to 3,213.9 points almost half an hour after trade began. The market broke a seven-day ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index was down 95.02 points at 3,151.85. WELLINGTON - There was a lot going on for sharemarket investors to absorb in terms of the economic agenda in New Zealand on Wednesday and they generally adopted a wait and see ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0650 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 points higher at 4,876. In economics news ...