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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... which followed minor improvements in Asian and European activity, boosted the US dollar and euro against the yen, lifting Japanese stocks. Tokyo ended 0.12 per cent lower, shedding 10.46 points to 8,786.05, and Seoul closed flat, dipping 0.18 points ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... them stable in stress situations. HONG KONG - Asian shares fell on Monday as Chinese manufacturing activity slipped, Japanese business confidence fell, and worries persisted over the eurozone debt crisis. In Tokyo the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... exporting its expertise into the region. Fidelity Worldwide Investment's local business has developed a fund for the Japanese market. The Australian equity income focused fund identifies and invests in higher-paying dividend stocks and was launched in ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... reading for the eurozone marked the 14th straight month of manufacturing shrinkage. And then, there's the 5.8% fall in Japanese exports in the year to August - the 3rd consecutive decline and the biggest drop in six months. Wait... there's more. US jobless ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... 4,410. The local market on Wednesday finished at its highest level since the start of May, driven up by news of a major Japanese economic stimulus program. At the close of trade on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.7 points, or 0.54 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... cent, or 28.33 points, to 20,658.11. Shanghai tumbled 2.14 per cent, or 45.35 points, to 2,078.50, with shares tied to Japanese firms worst hit owing to a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo that have sparked protests in China. Tokyo and Kuala ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... June last year. Sure, it was a paltry gain but consider the challenges that faced the market last year - Arab Spring, Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, USA no longer AAA, European crisis hitting Spain and Italy, the BRICs and emerging countries ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... estimates of a 20.4% gain. A recessionary Europe, a limping US economy and a slowing China have caused a 7.4% drop in Japanese exports in the year to July and a corresponding 40.6% dive in the country's current account surplus. The downward revision ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... Monday. Tokyo ended flat, dipping 2.28 points to 8,869.37, with a slightly stronger yen compounding figures showing the Japanese economy grew at a slower pace than initially thought. Seoul was 0.25 per cent down, or 4.88 points, at 1,924.70 while Sydney ...