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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... slipped 69.29 points to 23,484.30 on turnover of $HK73.78 billion ($A9.37 billion). Shanghai remained closed for the Lunar New Year break. Seoul closed 0.58 per cent, or 12.04 points, off at 2,069.70 amid concerns over possible tightening measures around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... 355.37 points, at 23,553.59. Trade was quiet across the region as dealers in many markets returned to work after the Lunar New Year holiday, although Shanghai and Taipei remained closed. Tokyo's Nikkei was lifted by exporters on the back of a weakening ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... at unrest in Egypt hit Tokyo shares and sent oil prices higher on Thursday, with most markets in Asia closed for Lunar New Year holidays. Tokyo ended 0.25 per cent, or 26 points, lower at 10,431.36 after news that anti-government protests in Egypt had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... was $HK59.62 billion ($A8.74 billion). Market-watchers expected the market to move in a tight range ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that begins on Saturday. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed marginally higher. The benchmark NZX-50 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... was $HK59.63 billion ($A8.79 billion). Investors in Hong Kong and on the mainland remained cautious ahead of the Lunar New Year break and China's January inflation data scheduled to be issued later this week. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 4.6 per cent higher on Thursday, as heavyweight HSBC inspired a post-Lunar New Year holiday buying spree. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 575.83 points at 13,154.43. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... day after it soared nearly five per cent. HONG KONG - The Hong Kong sharemarket has been closed this week for the Lunar New Year holidays. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 12.04 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 2,747.90.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... one-week high of 8,061.07. HONG KONG - The Hong Kong sharemarket has been closed on Monday and Tuesday for the for the Lunar New Year holidays. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 30.11 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 2,735.86. In early trade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... so far this year. HONG KONG - Hong Kong was one of many Asian markets closed for a second day on Friday for the Lunar New Year holiday On Wednesday, the Hang Seng ended at 23,469.46, down 1,339.24 points. The index lost 654.12 points in the truncated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... cent or 107.91 points at 13,207.15. HONG KONG - Hong Kong was one of many Asian markets closed on Thursday for the Lunar New Year holiday. WELLINGTON - Shares were dumped again as the local market was hit by the double whammy of international catch-up ...