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Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... the Eurozone, particularly Germany. News out of Japan shows that Asia is not immune from the global slowdown. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its quarterly assessment of the economy unchanged. However, details indicate that the assessment is much worse ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... close in over a week, helped by exporters like Canon that increased on the back of a declining yen. It came as the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged. The Nikkei gained 2.6 per cent or 415.68 points to 16,316.32 to also end at its highest since ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... that possible triggers of a correction could be anything from a widening of credit spreads or a decision by the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. Morgan Stanley's position is that a full blown recession is unlikey as bond yields would fall during ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... forthcoming year. The Governor said that there was no need for alarm bells about the level of corporate borrowing The Bank of Japan has just increased its interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent which is only the second time in six years that ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... Lawrence said that the country's listed property funds were "travelling comfortably" up until April last year when the Bank of Japan raised interest rates and forced global hedge funds to sell down. That included reducing their holdings in the Australian ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... 5,591.54 points, down 39.54. TOKYO - The Nikkei ended nearly flat as gainers such as KDDI fell on caution before a Bank of Japan policy meeting, eroding a rise in Advantest and other chip-gear makers on strong industry data. The benchmark Nikkei average ...

SimCorp bolsters client service with new appointment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... co-founded software development company Digital Tree and prior to that spent time working in London for NatWest Markets, Bank of Japan and JP Morgan.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... 5.81. TOKYO - The Nikkei lost ground as Shinsei Bank shares dropped on its dimmer outlook, while caution ahead of Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui's news conference spurred selling in recent gainers such as Tokyo Electron. The Nikkei shed 79.60 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... paid index fell from 41 in September to 30.8 in October while prices received increased by only 1.5 to 17.5. The Bank of Japan has decided to raise interest rates by a mere quarter of a percentage point to 0.25 per cent which was the first increase since ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... 5,999.46. PARIS - The CAC-40 index lost 6.88 points to 5,243.13. TOKYO - The Nikkei average gained ground as after a Bank of Japan survey showed improved business sentiment. The Nikkei added 126.71 points to 16,254.29 HONG KONG - Stock and currency markets ...