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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... indicators for the March quarter. The RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index, the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge are also due out. In equities news, UGL releases a market ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... watch the data. And the data says......there's still no change in the data. The latest Markit PMI surveys say so: US manufacturing is still expanding, but the rate of expansion is slowing. The index is down to 53.8 in May from 54.1 in April, disappointing ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... eased 0.22 per cent following Wall Street losses, but mainland markets rallied after another weak reading on Chinese manufacturing activity raised hopes for further stimulus measures by Beijing. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 61.33 points to close ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Brun said. "The market has got to the point where bargain hunters are stepping up to the plate." He said Chinese manufacturing figures had missed analysts' expectations, boosting the prospect of further stimulus measures in the world's second largest ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... capabilities, including by using more robust data analytics tools. They will also need to appropriately align product manufacturing, advice and distribution activities to minimise the possibility of future consumer detriment." The industry will need ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... stocks fell 0.03 per cent to 28,123.82. Chinese shares rallied on hopes of monetary easing following a survey of 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 ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... disappointing US data releases in recent times - weak core durable orders for March and a decline in Markit's US flash manufacturing PMI for April reported last week and last night's drop to a four-month low in April consumer confidence - make this highly ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the 'Tesla Economy' in the US. The performance electric vehicle manufacturer "is at the vanguard of the robotic manufacturing of automobiles, or the innovative use of battery technology, and of upending traditional distribution channels." Tesla primarily ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit: "The latest index was the lowest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen with another poor reading of Chinese manufacturing lifting Shanghai on hopes for further stimulus while a weaker yen boosts Japanese exporters. Wall Street pushed higher on the ...