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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... per cent, or 145.84 points, to 9,901.35 as the economic uncertainty sent traders into the safe-haven yen, which hurts Japanese exporters. Seoul gave up 0.85 per cent, or 18.46 points, to end at 2,155.85 while Shanghai lost 0.54 per cent, or 14.72 points ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... return rates in Japan is pushing a rise in offshore investments. Additionally, Austrade chief executive, Peter Grey, said Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Australia grew 10.4 per cent last year with a focus in financial services, clean energy and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... quick gains faded. A strong yen erodes repatriated profits of Japan's exporters. There had been speculation that the Japanese government intervened in the currency markets, boosting shares, but gains were quickly shed as that speculation faded. An official ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... 7,174.14. In London, The FTSE index of leading shares ended the day down 60.2 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 5,868.96. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped 1.43 per cent following a sharp fall on Wall Street on Monday as renewed worries over the European debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... scandal at News Corp's News of the World newspaper. BSkyB shares dropped 4.6 per cent by the close of trade. TOKYO - Japanese shares ended 0.67 per cent lower, hit by disappointing data on US unemployment late last week and concerns over Chinese inflation. ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... sure enough, this coincides with the recent deceleration in the price of foodstuffs and oil and optimistic reports from Japanese carmakers. Food prices have fallen by 8.7 per cent since recording their 2011 high last February while crude oil's now down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... finished down 5.7 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 3,871.37 points. Other European markets were all slightly lower. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, hitting a three-week high as short-covering kicked in after Greece's government survived ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Amsterdam's AEX index jumped 1.35 per cent, Milan was up 2.08 per cent and Brussels' Bel-20 index rose 1.41 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stock markets closed higher on Tuesday, thanks to a firmer euro against the yen amid optimism that European Union leaders ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... issuers in Australia last week blew out to 120 basis points, the widest it's been in months and larger than when the Japanese tsunami hit in March. But he said Australian banks are less reliant on wholesale funding than they used to be thanks to an increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... after Moody's rating agency warned it may cut the country's credit rating in view of strains in the economy. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed flat on Monday, with investor caution before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week offsetting gains ...