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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... greenback and euro. Traders remained cautious as crews continued their struggle to avoid a meltdown at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant that was rocked by the March 11 quake and tsunami. Hong Kong ended 1.70 per cent, or 391.07 points, higher at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... watching events in Japan, the Middle East and eurozone struggler Portugal. Dealers said the continuing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by the massive March 11 earthquake is depressing sentiment in Asia and having a knock-on effect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coast and knocked out the cooling systems of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Dangerous levels of radiation detected in water puddles thought to be leaking from a stricken reactor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... fragile optimism likely to erode on any setback in the delicate operations to restore power to overheating reactors at the Fukushima atomic plant, crippled by the quake and tsunami. Tokyo Electric Power Co, which owns the stricken nuclear plant, was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... a deepening food radiation scare and slow progress in restoring power to Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site. Japan on Wednesday said the cost of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami could hit Y25 trillion ($A304.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... government growth downgrade hit confidence, only to recover again by the finish. And fears that the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged in the massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this month, could get even worse dampened sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... of air strikes in crude-rich Libya. Sentiment has been boosted by news that emergency crews working at the stricken Fukushima No.1 complex were close to restoring power that would allow the important cooling system to be activated. Hong Kong airline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... billion ($A9.59 billion). News from Japan that it was close to restoring power to some of the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant saw the return of some confidence following last week's loss of more than three per cent. Chinese property ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... trying to deal with the effects of last week's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, notably a potential meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant. So far, there is some relief that the worst scenarios envisioned by some have not materialised. Although ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... after suffering its heaviest two-day sell-off for 24 years as crews struggled to prevent a catastrophe at the troubled Fukushima plant northeast of Tokyo. And the Bank of Japan pumped Y3.5 trillion ($A43.81 billion) into the financial system, after offering ...