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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... The broader All Ordinaries index was up 47.7 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 5,415.9 points. HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI) hit a two-month high of 50.5, better than a final reading of 50.2 in August and providing some respite as indicators ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... Sydney ended flat, edging up 4.3 points to 5,638.9. Traders were focused on China as the HSBC preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI), which tracks activity in the country's factories and workshops, slipped to 50.3 in August. WELLINGTON - New Zealand ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index, hit 51.7 -- its best showing since April 2012. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX 50 Index shed 58.058 points ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... report showed the performance of China's service sector fell to a record low in July. The HSBC China services Purchasing Managers' Index in July slipped to 50.0, the dividing line between expansion and contraction, down from 53.1 in June, according to ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index, hit 51.7 -- its best showing since April 2012. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX 50 Index shed 58.058 points ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... row, boosted by Chinese manufacturing data and US company earnings. Banking giant HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers index of China's manufacturing activity for July jumped to 52.0 from a final reading of 50.7 in June. The result suggests ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... traders selling underperforming stocks and realising losses to reduce potential tax bills. A rise in China's Purchasing Managers' Index on Tuesday showed activity in its factories at a six-month high, gave the Australian market a boost before it retreated ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Shanghai closed 0.18 per cent lower, or 3.66 points, to end at 2,021.29. HSBC said preliminary data from its purchasing managers index (PMI) showed activity in China's factories declining at a much slower pace in May than in April. The banking giant's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,464. The HSBC purchasing managers index (PMI) for China for April on Monday came in at 48.1, a tad up from the 48.0 in March but weaker than the 48.3 reported ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,410. China said its official purchasing managers index of manufacturing activity came in at 50.3 for March, up slightly from February's eight-month low of 50.2. A figure above ...