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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... uncertainty over a bailout for struggling Spain keeping traders on edge. The US dollar and euro held on to recent gains against the yen on talk of another round of stimulus by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Hong Kong, which was returning after a two-day holiday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the US figures, which followed minor improvements in Asian and European activity, boosted the US dollar and euro against the yen, lifting Japanese stocks. Tokyo ended 0.12 per cent lower, shedding 10.46 points to 8,786.05, and Seoul closed flat, dipping ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... points. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced after a two-day policy meeting it would boost an asset-purchasing fund by 10 trillion yen ($A122.98 billion) to 80 trillion yen while also keeping interest rates between zero and 0.1 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... eased slightly in early Asian exchanges on Monday. Tokyo ended flat, dipping 2.28 points to 8,869.37, with a slightly stronger yen compounding figures showing the Japanese economy grew at a slower pace than initially thought. Seoul was 0.25 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... mark before retreating back to $1.2788 from $1.2629 on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets surged and the euro broke the 100-yen barrier after the European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled a plan to buy troubled eurozone nations' bonds in a bid to tackle ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... 4.31 per cent. The euro dipped to $US1.2575 from $US1.2600 late in New York on Wednesday. The dollar rose to 78.91 Japanese yen from 78.38 on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets and the euro rose ahead of a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting. Tokyo ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... dragging on the Japanese recovery, with data showing factory output unexpectedly fell 1.2 per cent in July, while the strong yen also hurt exporters. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 37.11 points, or one per cent, to 3,666.68.

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... central bank measures to boost the economy. Tokyo fell 0.57 per cent, or 52.10 points, to 9,033.29, weighed down by a strong yen and a bleak government report, which cut its view on the economy for the first time in 10 months amid slow exports and consumer ...