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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... to 1,995.17. Hong Kong closed 0.50 per cent higher, adding 104.43 points to 21,012.38. Shanghai was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 22.86 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 3904.85.

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... up at 20,907.95, but Seoul eased 0.17 per cent, or 3.35 points, to 1,992.68. Shanghai was closed for a week-long public holiday. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, paced by big movers Fletcher Building, Vector, Telecom and Ryman Healthcare. Fisher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... the yen on talk of another round of stimulus by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Hong Kong, which was returning after a two-day holiday, rose 0.23 per cent, or 47.90 points, to 20,888.28. Tokyo fell 0.45 per cent, or 39.18 points, to 8,746.87. Shanghai and Seoul ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher despite weakness on overseas markets after Spain said it was not preparing a request for a bailout loan. Investors have been anticipating that the Spanish government would ask for help for nearly ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... and at the same time ensuring that they can meet expected large cash withdrawals ahead of the 1-7 October National Day holiday. The Chinese take-away? If the PBOC is willing and able to do this on expectations of just a week-long liquidity shortage ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... will soon announce fresh monetary easing to boost the economy. Chinese markets are closed next week for the National Day holiday, which observers hope will provide a chance for leaders to introduce measures such as an interest rate cut or a reduction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... in the week, with dealers hoping for plans to restart a bond-buying program. With US markets closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday and few catalysts, regional investors took a wait-and-see approach with the ECB meeting on Thursday as well as closely ...