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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... 3,194.06. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell 1.39 per cent, pulling away from last week's eight-month high, as banks such as Mizuho Financial Group tracked their US peers lower, while exporters including Honda Motor Co dropped on a strong yen versus the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... Nikkei average rose 0.2 per cent to hit a six-month closing high, rebounding from an earlier dip as financials such as Mizuho Financial Group advanced on optimism about the US banking system and the economy. The benchmark Nikkei rose 19.15 points to ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... and HSBC Holdings are included in the order. In addition, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Merrill Lynch & Co, Mizuho Financial Group, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are also covered in the emergency order. "The SEC's mission ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... billion. The fund's managers have already committed $182.1 million in capital which has been sourced from investors including Mizuho Corporate Bank and Access Capital Advisers. The fund will be managed by both firms under the guidance of Andrew Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... down after a barrage of bad news including poor corporate earnings. Banks tumbled in afternoon trade after reports that Mizuho Financial Group is considering injecting an additional $1.9 billion into its unit Mizuho Securities, as the brokerage continues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... trade that saw the benchmark Nikkei cover a 510-point range, with moves both up and down led by banking shares such as Mizuho Financial Group. The Nikkei closed up 0.58 per cent at 15,222.85, a rise of 87.64 points. HONG KONG - Investors sold off Hong ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... towards sub-prime losses, it's leaving Godzilla sized footprints on Japan's financial sector, crushing the $320 billion Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. It's been a grim week for Japan's banking sector, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... points to 5524.18. TOKYO - Stocks ended at a nearly three-month closing low after a wave of late selling on a report that Mizuho Securities, the unlisted brokerage arm of Mizuho Financial Group, may post a subprime-related loss of over 100 billion yen ...

Growing credit crunch casualty list

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... pushing it to an enormous loss for the second quarter. Japan's biggest bank by market value, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and with six more of their peers have also reported record losses linked to the sub-prime meltdown. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... average finished 0.21 per cent higher as investors went on a bargain hunt and snapped up beaten down shares including bank Mizuho Financial Group and mobile phone carrier Softbank. This offset a selling among drug makers. The Nikkei closed 34.01 higher ...