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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... 3.04 per cent, or 127.66 points, to 4,333.58 and Hong Kong added 0.51 per cent, or 140.86 points, to close at 27,718.20. Tokyo rallied despite heavy losses in Sharp and Toshiba owing to fears about their balance sheets. The Nikkei added 1.25 per cent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... surrendered gains as investors eyed a US jobs report that will supply more clues about the strength of the world's top economy. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index on Friday rose 87.20 points, or 0.45 per cent, to end at 19,379.19, and Hong Kong added 1.05 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The Nikkei 225 index ended 239.64 points lower ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... lost 1.3 per cent or 27.65 points to end at 2,104.58, and Hong Kong ended down 114.63 points or 0.41 per cent at 27,640.91. Tokyo was closed for a holiday. Shanghai fell 1.62 per cent, or 69.44 points, to close at 4,229.27, after plunging more than four ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... Composite has recorded an astonishing 118 per cent gain over the past year, on expectations of further monetary easing in China. Tokyo and Seoul were closed for holidays, but early trade elsewhere in Asia had been energised by Wall Street, which put ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... manufacturing activity that recorded its worst contraction in a year in April. Shanghai added 0.87 per cent to 4,480.46. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday, along with financial markets in Thailand and Malaysia. As well as the news on China's economic ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Hong Kong closed up 1.33 per cent, or 372.61 points, at 28,433.59. Sydney rose 0.83 per cent, or 49.4 points, to 5,982.7. Tokyo was weighed down by a stronger yen, with the Nikkei closing 0.18 per cent, or 36.72 points, lower at 19,983.32. Seoul finished ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... per cent rise. The euro firmed to $US1.0865 from $US1.0823 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Shanghai and Tokyo shares were hit by profit-taking but most other Asian markets rose after a positive US lead as the Nasdaq broke a 15-year-old record ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... data, which also supported the US dollar, while the euro was weighed down by worries about Greece's future in the eurozone. Tokyo added 0.27 per cent, or 53.75 points, to finish at 20,187.65, and Seoul climbed 1.38 per cent, or 29.52 points, to 2,173.41. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... while Madrid shed 0.20 per cent. The euro slid to $US1.0728 compared with $US1.0735 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Tokyo's Nikkei shares ended above 20,000 for the first time in 15 years as the country recorded its first trade surplus for almost ...