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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

... the first time since November 1997, driven by a weaker US dollar and talk of a free trade agreement between Australia and China. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6997/02 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6939/44. The dollar reached ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; market slow

... with Friday's close of 0.6903/08. It had opened at near six-year highs of $US0.6954 on the back of official comments from China that a floating of the yuan was not yet in the wings, dousing weekend speculation that the Chinese were about to loosen their ...

APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

... trade, services and investment between members of APEC. The previous investment marts have been held in South Korea (1999), China (2001) and in Russia (2002). ICAP senior economist Michael Thomas told the Financial Standard that the current APEC summit ...

Credit Suisse launches into Asia

... and joint venture opportunities. "Given the expected growth in Asia and the opening up of funds management markets such as China, Korea and Taiwan, the long term opportunities are very attractive," said Asia-Pacific chief executive Andrew McKinnon. "Since ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains continue; US$ weakens

... speaking ahead of his visit to Asia next week, also expressed support for a strong US dollar. He suggested he would urge China and Japan to loosen their currency policies to lower trade barriers. All Ordinaries 3291.6 +0 NASDAQ 1943.19 +9.66 Dow Jones ...

APEC will seek to exorcise the failures of WTO Cancun

... The keynote speakers at the conference will include the presidents of Russia, the USA, South Korea, Peru, Mexico, Chile, China and the prime ministers of Singapore, Thailand and Japan.

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... down 10.76 points at 10,531.44. In HONG KONG, Hong Kong's leading share index powered to a fresh 16-month closing high and China plays such as polyester maker Yizheng Chemical did even better on hopes for strong earnings growth ahead. The Hang Seng index ...

Midday market wrap: Hong Kong shares rise, while All Ords hold onto gains

... in opening trade today, as hopes of economic recovery were boosted with the signing of the details of a trade deal with China, dealers said. The Hang Seng index gained 143.13 points to 11,284.41, shortly after trading started. Meanwhile, the Australian ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks trail lower overnight

... Meanwhile the G-7 summit in Dubai has resulted in a call to greater monetary flexibility by Asian economic giants Japan and China, so as to enable more equitable trade with its partners. All Ordinaries 3200.2 +0 NASDAQ 1874.62 -31.08 Dow Jones 9535.41 ...

Focus on China-US bilateral trade in upcoming Dubai summit: ICAP

... economists have cited the fact that US lobby groups are highlighting the large bilateral trade deficit between the US and China. But ICAP says that in a multilateral trade system, bilateral imbalances are common and are not problems in themselves. But ...