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Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... commodity prices for October is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for October. In equities news, GUD Holdings and Whitehaven Coal are due to hold annual general meetings. In Australia ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. True. A fact confirmed by Markit Economics' flash estimate of US PMI - released overnight - that showed the index rising to 51.3 in October from 51.1 in the previous month. "Growth in employment ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... 22-month low of 53.7 in September - and falling deeper into contraction territory in the Eurozone. The region's composite PMI dropped to 46.1 last month from 47.2 in August. We're doomed! We'll never make it! The bad news is here is that as long as Europe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 15.19, or 0.49 per cent, to 3,135.23 The Institute for Supply Management's services industry PMI showed the crucial sector picking up pace, though hiring remained flat. Payrolls company ADP's private sector hiring report ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... green when economies around the globe remain in a sorry state. Just ask Markit Economics. The JP Morgan's global manufacturing PMI ("a composite index produced by JP Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM") recorded a reading of 48.9 in ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... at 1,444.49, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.7 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 3,113.53. The ISM manufacturing PMI reading for September gave a charge to trade, after a day marred by glum PMI readings for last month from Europe and Asia. ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... of this magnitude since 2.2% loss posted on 21 June - the day US data releases all disappointed one and all, Markit's flash PMI report indicated contracting activity from Europe to China, Spanish yields surged and Moody's downgraded the ratings of Credit ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... battery of bad news that littered cyberspace yesterday and overnight had not helped relieve investors' digestion. Markit's flash PMI readings for September were out - all disappointing. China's manufacturing PMI showed manufacturing in its 11th month ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 56.02 points, to 8,783.89 Fears over growth in China on Saturday were stoked when the official purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low of 49.2 in August from 50.1 in July, owing to slumping demand in the key ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... activity in Australia's key trading partner China slumped to a nine-month low in August. China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 49.2 index points in August, from 50.1 the previous month, government figures showed. Macquarie Private Wealth division ...