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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... stocks." Weaker materials stocks also dragged the market lower ahead of the release of China's Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) data at 1100 AEST and the private PMI reading at 1230 AEST. "If both of those numbers come in above 50 I'd expect that ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... blinked. Everybody's happy. One more time, hip, hip... Ok that's Europe done... for now. But there's still China and the latest PMI survey confirmed that it is indeed slowing. HSBC's preliminary measure showed the manufacturing index there fell to 48.7 ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... contraction for the seventh consecutive month, although investment managers remain confident. HSBC's purchasing managers index (PMI) yesterday indicated factory output fell from 49.3 in April to 48.7 in May, representing the seventh consecutive monthly ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... that the RBA might be looking for even a 50 basis point rate cut at the moment," he said. "At the same time, we have China PMI (purchasing managers' index) numbers to look out for so it seems like the event risk is pretty big at the moment. "After yesterday's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... whether to alter the official interest rate. Also, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April is due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev delivers a speech ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... host of profit warnings and probably further profit warnings to come in the consumer discretionary sector and a (Chinese) PMI number which is very likely to perpetuate, rather than miraculously end the trend of weakening Chinese growth," Mr Padley said. ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... expected to contract by 1% this year. But if it doesn't do so it risks a downgrade in its AAA rating. And then there's the PMI - again a reminder of our expectations of not so long ago that Europe will be in recession. Markit's Eurozone PMI fell to 46 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on major international markets on the back of disappointing April PMI data for China and the eurozone and as some US earnings results missed expectations. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June share ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... and now stands 15.2% lower than a year ago. And outside Australia, Europe's still cactus. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing PMI dropped to 47.7 in March from 49.0 in the previous month and the unemployment rate hit a 15-year high of 10.8% in February. ...