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Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... current US reporting season remains equity-market friendly, there are also compelling reasons for investors to take a holiday. Stay. Bloomberg reports that about 78 per cent of companies that have released first quarter earnings results topped analysts' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... 40 index slumped 139.17 points, or 3.64 per cent, at 3,689.29 points. TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed 0.23 per cent lower amid lingering concern about credit-tightening steps in China after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... initial bout of nerves reflecting scepticism on Greek bailout prospects. The London stock market was closed for a public holiday. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 closed up 31.22 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 6,166.92 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 index closed up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... fell after forecasting a smaller-than-expected rise in operating profit, weighing on the broader market. The Golden Week holiday season limited activity, with Japan's financial markets shut on Thursday for a national holiday and will be closed again ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... closed up 53.62 points, or 1.42 per cent, at 3,840.62 points. TOKYO - The Tokyo market was closed on Thursday for a public holiday. The market reopens on Friday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed lower on Thursday, due to concerns over the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... company WesTrac. Minemakers holds a general meeting in Perth. The Australian sharemarket was closed on Monday for a public holiday. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 25.9 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 4,881.5 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... to 21,928.77. Turnover was $HK89.11 billion ($A12.37 billion). The market has been closed since Thursday for a public holiday. Chinese shares closed down 0.33 per cent as real estate developers and banks remained weak due to concerns over possible further ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... on solid US economic data and digesting the announcement of a general election for May 6 in Britain after a long Easter holiday weekend. Dealers said a muted showing on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in sight of the 11,000 points ...

Aussie planners overworked: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... respondents are working longer than a standard eight-hour day and close to a third of respondents said they had not taken a holiday in the past year. This is compared to a study by The Australian Institute in 2009 that found the average Australian works ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... points. PARIS - The CAC 40 rose 2.56 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 3,928. TOKYO - Markets in Japan were closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell 2.05 per cent amid fears of tightening moves by central banks in the region following ...