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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... on exporters. The Nikkei rose 228.06 points to 17,153.77. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended up over one per cent after China's welfare fund got the go-ahead to invest abroad and HSBC rose to a 17-month high on expectations of high interim dividends. ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... escalating crude oil prices rather than creating inflation. This contrasts with last week's move by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) to increase interest rates in the country where the economy is definitely running red hot. The PBOC raised its one year ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... UK stocks ended down, suffering their biggest weekly fall since October, as oil stocks fell and US data failed to offset China concerns. The FTSE 100 closed 36.9 points weaker at 6023.1 points -- taking the week's losses to 109.6 points, or 1.8 per cent. ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

... or help the company with financing or listing. For example, the fund was instrumental in the UK stock exchange listing of China Goldmines, currently one of the hottest resources stocks listed on Aim. "We managed to get 300 per cent return above the entry ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
In an unexpected move, the Peoples Bank of China increased its one year lending rate to 5.85 per cent - the first increase since October 2004 - from 5.58 per cent. Undoubtedly the move was taken in order to cool China's overheating economy. Chinese ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... closed up nearly half a per cent, boosted by property issues, but H shares fell on mounting concerns that Beijing could curb China's rapid investment. The Hang Seng index rose 70.19 points to 16,742.85. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ploughed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
... points at 17,055.93. HONG KONG - Stocks ended up more than half a per cent as investors snapped up recent decliners such as China Mobile and shrugged off fears that Beijing could act to slow its economy. The Hang Seng index ended up 94.89 points at 16,672.66. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... The Nikkei finished up 55.89 points at 16,970.29. HONG KONG - Stocks ended down more than half a per cent as concerns that China could take steps to rein in the country's fast-growing economy drove H shares to their largest single-day percentage loss ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006
... gain since April 6. HONG KONG - Stocks closed more than one per cent higher at a fresh five and a half-year high, while China shares surged as investors cheered a loosening in the country's investment rules. The Hang Seng index ended up 208.08 points ...

Daily economic update

... industrial supplies more than offset the 10.8 per cent jump in aircraft exports. US imports fell 2.3 per cent with purchases from China declining to their lowest level since March 2005 - due perhaps to Chinese business' closures in celebration of the ...