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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... measures soon if economic conditions improved. Tokyo closed down 7.32 per cent, or 1,143.28 points, at 14,483.98. South Korean shares slid 1.24 per cent, or 24.64 points, to finish at 1,969.19. Shanghai ended down 1.16 per cent, or 26.73 points, at 2,275.67 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... off any new measures to boost the economy. Wall Street provided a strong lead following upbeat jobs data, but the South Korean index was dragged by tech giant Samsung Electronics despite posting a surge in net profit. On Friday Tokyo fell 0.30 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... 6.58 points, to 2,219.55. Dealers were keeping an eye on North Korea, watching for the expected missile test, while South Korean and US forces raised their alert status to "vital threat" as the Pentagon warned Pyongyang it was "skating very close to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Japan, which began after the market closed. Tokyo gained 1.39 per cent, with the Nikkei up 133.15 points at 9,691.84. South Korean shares closed flat, trimming earlier gains, with the benchmark KOSPI up 0.40 points at 2,206.70. Hong Kong shares fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... overnight after North Korea and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines. Shares also fell in Europe on concerns that a bailout of Ireland may not be enough to contain a regional debt ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... of the world's biggest economy. Now that US consumers have regained their confidence, Kim Jung-il could use every South Korean patrol boat for target practice for all they care.

Trades jump for Liquidnet in Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... operations in the Asia Pacific region in November 2007, Liquidnet now offers trading in Australian, Japanese, Singaporean, South Korean and Hong Kong equities and has attracted more than 180 global buy-side members trading Asia Pacific equities. Liquidnet's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... trading following a European agreement to aid Greece, but investors began locking in profits as reports emerged that a South Korean warship with 104 people had sunk near the North Korean border on Friday after an unexplained explosion. A government revision ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... collateral for loans to its banks. Elsewhere in Asia, central banks are lowering interest rates like never before. South Korean interest rates are down to a record low of 2 per cent, while in Taiwan they are now at 1.25 percent. The trillions of dollars ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The South Korean derivatives market is on the cusp of a major boom - but investors will have to overcome a lack of education and increased risk before cashing in on the revolution. According to the South Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent ...