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Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... 1.01 per cent to 4,977.32 points. The euro nudged lower to $US1.1049 from $1.1091 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell again, with Shanghai seeing another round of wild volatility a day after its heaviest one-day loss in ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... on Friday. HONG KONG - Shanghai shares suffered their biggest one-day decline in more than eight years, leading a broad Asian decline as they plummeted 8.48 per cent. Most Asian stock markets fell but Chinese shares suffered the most, with the benchmark ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... 1.43 per cent to 11,347.45 points. The euro slipped to $US1.0967 from $US1.0985 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell following more downbeat Chinese data and another sell-off on Wall Street. Tokyo shed 0.67 per cent, or ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... another step closer to securing a bailout following the Greek parliament's approval of a second batch of reforms. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose, with Tokyo lifted by a stronger US dollar as investors positioned for a US rate hike, and Shanghai ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... between 1999 and now. In fact, Australia hasn't been in a recession since 1991 despite the "tequila crisis" of 1994; the "Asian financial crisis" of 1998, the "dotcom bust" in 2000 and the "global financial crisis" in 2008. Give me "old economy" anytime. ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... from $US1.0824 late in New York on Monday, when it had earlier hit a near three-month low point at $US1.0809. HONG KONG - Asian markets advanced with Tokyo boosted by a weaker yen and Shanghai's recovery continuing. However, falling commodity prices ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Asian hedge fund manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... creditors said in statements. The euro stood at $US1.0855 compared with $US1.0830 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian stocks finished mixed, with Sydney and Shanghai rising as concerns eased over Greece and China's recent market rout. Shanghai ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and sometimes opaque economy. Until the Asian giant is included in the world's main indices, it remains the dragon in the investment room. Laura Millan asks: China investment ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... 0.06 per cent to 5,124.39 points. The euro slipped to $US1.0855 from $US1.0875 late on Thursday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after the European Central Bank boosted emergency aid to Greece and eurozone chiefs agreed a bridging loan ...