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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... a weaker yen. The Topix index slipped 6.76 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 862.62 points. Reaction to the Bank of Japan's tankan survey of business sentiment released before the market opened was limited, with attention instead on Monday's report detailing ...

That sinking feeling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... and slower China manufacturing growth. A better-than-expected survey of domestic corporate sentiment, the Bank of Japan's tankan, initially helped limit declines but this effect faded after data for China's purchasing managers' index, which fell to 52.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... currency boosts Japanese exports. There was a reluctance to take strong positions ahead of the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business confidence due Thursday and US jobs data Friday, however. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed lower as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... 76.56 points, or 2.44 per cent, to 3,217 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped despite the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showing that business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers had improved for the first time in two-and-a-half ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... of 5.2 per cent. Retail sales increased for the first time in 16 months. Investors are awaiting the release of Japan's Tankan survey of business confidence, due out on Wednesday, and jobs figures in the US on Thursday for signs of the health of the global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... 2,839.61. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose 242.38 points, or 2.99 per cent, to 8,351.91, despite a very weak Tankan business survey. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 56.48 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 13,519.54. WELLINGTON ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... quarter of a percentage point to 0.25 per cent which was the first increase since 2000. The rise follows the rise in the Tankan Index of manufacturing activity which implied large players would boost spending by more than 11 per cent which is the biggest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... CAC-40 index closed at 4980.62 points, up 14.66 or 0.30 percent. TOKYO - The Nikkei rose 0.43 percent as the Bank of Japan's tankan survey confirmed Japan's economy is recovering steadily, spurring buying in Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and other stocks ...

Weekly economic roundup

... activity index are also slated for release next week. Overseas, important market moving releases include the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey and Japanese labour and overtime earnings. In the US, updates of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing ...