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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Hong Kong finished 1.94 per cent higher while Shanghai gained 1.92 per cent by the close. Asian markets also reacted to Japanese government data showing the country's economy grew by 6.0 per cent in the July-September quarter, the first gain since March's ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... nonetheless a huge deep $35 trillion market. Investors not wanting to head to the US market only other options are the Japanese bond market, the world's second biggest, or moving down the league table to petro-dollar economy bond markets, into smaller ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... yen compared with 107.28 yen in New York. The dollar held up following its gains against the yen this week after the Japanese government intervened to cap the unit's rise. Shanghai was 0.16 per cent, or 3.98 points, higher at 2508.09 by the close. Singapore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... per cent, or 154.37 points, to end at 19,864.87 and Shanghai was 0.21 per cent off, or 5.16 points, at 2,468.25. The Japanese index had moved into positive territory in early afternoon after the government stepped into the currency markets to sell the ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... finance minister to call for "decisive steps" to tame the currency's rapid rise amid worries that a strong yen will hammer Japanese exports. Tokyo closed 1.90 per cent, or 165.09 points, higher at, 8,843.98, while Sydney jumped 2.73 per cent, or 113.1 ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... overseas. The fund, which has a three star rating from Standard & Poor's, has seen the influx of finances mainly from Japanese and American retail investors and European, Canadian and American institutional investors over the past 14 months. AMP capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... European single currency sank to $1.3506, and struck a new 10-year low against the yen as investors sought the safe-haven Japanese currency. At about 0915 GMT (1915 AEST), the euro dived to 103.14 yen, hitting the lowest level since June 2001. Paris ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Total Return Index and the MSCI Japan Total Return Index. At the end of March 2011, the portfolio was 22.6% invested in Japanese stocks, 17.5% in Indian stocks, 12.6% in Korean stocks and 11.9% in Chinese stocks. Its biggest holdings (5.4%) were in a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Tokyo Toyota ended down 0.48 per cent at 2,672 yen after the auto giant said it was temporarily shutting 11 of its 15 Japanese plants, which lie in the path of a powerful typhoon that made landfall in the afternoon. Singapore closed 0.39 per cent, or ...