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Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... dragging on mainland sentiment. Seoul lost 1.72 per cent, or 33.07 points, to close at 1,891.43 after data showed South Korea's economy grew in the third quarter at its slowest pace in three years. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index fell 6.7 points, or 0.2 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... data showing a sharp drop in Japanese exports. Sydney closed flat, adding just 2.1 points to end at 4,543.1, while South Korea ended 0.76 per cent or 14.78 points lower at 1,926.81. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 16.09 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4004. ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... before the Fed's QE3, the ECB's OMTs, the BOJ's APPs and recent interest rate reductions in Australia, Brazil and South Korea have fully work their way down through the real economy.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... trade. These are the very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 - and promised to keep ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... situation. A recessionary Europe, a limping US economy, a slowing China and a deteriorating Japan are taking their toll on South Korea. South Korea's government yesterday unveiled a new round of fiscal stimulus measures worth around 5.9 trillion won ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 0.1% of GDP budget surplus this year - yes, a surplus (eat your heart out Swannie). The same thing's happening in South Korea - its 5-year government bond yield has fallen to a record low of 2.81%. Reports were that slowing inflation would allow the ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... and Samsung infringed on each other's patents on mobile devices and imposed a partial ban on their product sales in South Korea. Hong Kong fell 1.25 per cent, or 252.21 points, to 19,880.03 while Shanghai slipped 0.99 per cent, or 20.97 points, to 2,092.10. ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... expected slowing in China - even rose strongly. The S&P/AX 200 index jumped by 1.14%, the Nikkei-225 closed 1.9% on the up, Korea's Kospi index inched up by 0.1% and Singapore's Straits Times index gained 0.03%. Others fell, the biggest being the 0.9% ...