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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... gained 4.31 per cent. The euro dipped to $US1.2575 from $US1.2600 late in New York on Wednesday. The dollar rose to 78.91 Japanese yen from 78.38 on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets and the euro rose ahead of a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting. ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... But haven't we heard all this before? The Australian economy had been through a lot since 1991 - the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the Asian currency crisis and Russian debt default, GST, September 11, US recession, GFC, Greece - and yet, it's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... rose to $US1.2587, compared with $US1.2504 in New York late on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell as a weak set of Japanese economic figures sent Tokyo diving while dealers looked ahead to a speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in ...

Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Japanese investment bank, Nomura has hired RBS' former head of fixed income trading Jon Linton to head up Australian macro-products. Based in Sydney, Linton will report to Yutaka Nakajima, senior managing director and head of fixed income trading for ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... cent as the US dollar held on to recent gains against the yen, underlining a continued shift away from the safe haven Japanese currency. Sydney rose 0.44 per cent, or 19.1 points, to 4,383.4, while Seoul closed 0.16 per cent, or 3.09 points, lower at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... three months as the yen initially eased against the dollar, with dealers continuing to shift away from the safe haven Japanese currency. The Nikkei ended flat, gaining 0.09 per cent as late profit-taking offset early gains, to 9,171.16. Sydney eased ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... points, to 9,162.20 as the yen eased further against the dollar with dealers confident enough to move out of the safe-haven Japanese unit. Sydney climbed 0.92 per cent, or 39.9 points, to 4,370.1 but Seoul eased 0.58 per cent, or 11.37 points, to 1,946.54. ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,309.5. US stock markets have closed mainly in the red after listless trade, with only poor Japanese data making a dent in action slowed by the boreal-summer holiday. At the closing bell the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... European and US central banks. Tokyo stocks closed up 0.69, or 59.62 points, at 8,695.06, amid hopes for a firm recovery by Japanese high-tech manufacturers before their release of quarterly earnings. Sydney gained 0.55 per cent, or 23.5 points, to 4,269.2 ...