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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Hong Kong Exchanges was up 2.1 per cent at HK$132.60 due to improved trading volume this month, while banking heavyweight HSBC advanced 1.6 per cent to HK$61.60. Edible oil producer Hop Hing jumped 59.1 per cent to HK$0.70, after announcing on Thursday ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... (CFLP) reported that its PMI fell to 49 in November from October's 50.4. This was below expectations for a 50 reading. The HSBC China PMI gauge was worse. It dropped to 47.7 in November - a 32-month low - from the previous month's reading of 51. Similarly ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Bank of America Corp. Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Barclays Plc Citigroup Inc. Rabobank Nederland Goldman Sachs Group Inc. HSBC Holdings Plc JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lloyds Banking Group Plc Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Scotland Plc UBS AG Wells Fargo & ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... trading partner. Meanwhile, China's manufacturing activity slumped to its lowest level in 32 months in November, banking giant HSBC said on Wednesday, renewing concerns that the Asian powerhouse was losing steam amid global economic woes. Shaw Stockbroking ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... yesterday's surprisingly negative PMI data has spurred speculation that China could join the others to form a "balanced recession". HSBC's China manufacturing PMI fell to 48 in November - below 50 suggests a contraction - from 51 in October with the ...

Indonesia readies for bond rating upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... alternative sources from Vietnam, Cambodia and India," noted Mandiri Investasi. The Sukuk issue is being handled by Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered, reported Finance Asia.

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... to 46.8 from 50.2 last month. Fortunately for us antipodes, China's latest PMI reading debunked views of a hard landing. HSBC's flash PMI index rose to 51.1 - the highest in five months - in October from 49.9 last month. Now what was that scary headline ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... its best-ever quarter for sales and an order backlog at an all-time high. Adding to the upbeat Wall Street sentiment was an HSBC report on manufacturing activity in China, showing it hit a five-month high in October in the world's second-largest economy. ...

HSBC: Australia's trade growth to expand 129% by 2025

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... healthy future growth forecast of 129% by 2025, almost double the global rate, placing it fourth overall in Asia, according to HSBC Trade Connections. HSBC Trade Connections, a new quarterly global trade forecast tool of 37 countries, predicts that Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... economic data from China and the eurozone also weighed on global market sentiment. A preliminary manufacturing report from HSBC showed that activity in China had slowed for the third straight month in September. Separately, a survey by London-based researchers ...