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Showing 21 - 30 of 46 results for "Lunar New Year"

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... after news that North Korea had successfully tested a nuclear bomb. With several regional markets still closed for Lunar New Year celebrations, trading was quiet, while dealers look ahead to a meeting of the Group of 20 top economic power at the end ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... 7,633.74 points, and Paris's CAC 40 was flat at 3,650.58 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets were closed for the lunar new year. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX 50 Index fell 5.21 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4220.50.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... points, at 2,433.13 after the Chinese central bank injected a huge amount of cash into the market to satisfy pre-Lunar New Year holiday demand from traders. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 34.455 points, or 0.8 per cent to 4211.946.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... be focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... be focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... be focusing on the release of China's manufacturing data this week as the country returns to trading after the lunar New Year holiday, said brokers. Gold miners got a boost after a bout of risk aversion offshore on Friday boosted the yellow metal. Newcrest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... a writedown on its huge debts with its creditors. Hong Kong, which was returning after a three-day holiday for Lunar New Year, jumped 1.63 per cent, or 328.77 points, to 20,439.14 and Seoul was 0.25 per cent higher, adding 4.95 points to close at 1,957.18. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... of leading British shares moved down 0.5 per cent to 5,751.90. HONG KONG - Many Asia markets were closed for the Lunar New Year. However, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock rose 0.2 per cent to 8,785.33, despite the central bank cutting growth forecasts for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... 6.436.62. The CAC-40 in France ended 0.5 per cent higher at 3,338.42. HONG KONG - The Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year. WELLINGTON - Trading on the New Zealand sharemarket was even quieter than usual for a Monday, with trading rooms in ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... respectively. We're in trouble now! That's if you don't consider that the February numbers have been distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, that it's just a single data point in a trend of high surpluses or that it is a sign that Beijing's efforts ...