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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... per cent, to 7,164.05 points and in Paris the CAC 40 rose 31.43 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 3,823.74 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed lower on Friday as selling hit blue-chip stocks on growing fears of a possible Greek debt default. The benchmark ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... per cent rally in Germany's Dax index - and the FTSE-100 gained 0.8 per cent. The positive overnight lead should propel Japanese and Australian and New Zealand bourses today unless of course, something comes out of left field in the interim to sour the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... released Friday sent US stocks down as the Labor Department reported that the economy added a paltry 54,000 jobs in May. The Japanese market was dragged by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... Paris the CAC 40 was virtually unchanged. The other European markets were mostly higher but Swiss stocks fell. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed down 0.66 per cent on Friday, hit by caution ahead of key US jobs data and amid ongoing political uncertainty ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... quarter. Certainly disruptions to production, shipping and mining operations caused by the floods and cyclone - and the Japanese earthquake -- contributed to this but the dearer Australian dollar cannot also be discounted. The more expensive currency ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... points and in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.86 per cent at 3,950.98 points. Other European markets showed similar gains. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed down 0.42 per cent, with investor sentiment hurt by a firmer yen and disappointment over Sony's business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Purchasing Managers Index had slipped to a 10-month low, pointing to a slowdown in manufacturing. After the markets closed, Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony reported its third annual loss in a row, but forecast a return to the black ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... commodities giant Glencore ended lower on its debut following an equally uninspiring beginning in London on Tuesday. Japanese automakers were doing their best to lift the mood of the markets. Manufacturers were badly hit by the supply chain ructions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... beleaguered utility Tokyo Electric Power, which fell 8.99 per cent after the company posted the biggest ever loss for a Japanese non-financial firm. Hong Kong and Shanghai shares were sold amid concerns over a slowdown on the mainland after early data ...

AXA real estate bullish on Japanese debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
AXA Real Estate has illustrated its faith in the Japanese economy with the launch of a specialised debt investment vehicle, raising an initial Yen15 billion ($175 million). The primary investment into the vehicle has come from a Japan-based AXA Group ...