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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... and commentators pointed to Japan's importance as fourth-biggest trading partner, taking eight percent of the nation's exports. But the ASB Bank suggested disruption to New Zealand exports was likely to be limited, and pointed to a bright spot. "Forestry ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... February as a 19.4 per cent year-on-year jump in imports negated the paltry (by China's standard) 2.4 per cent increase in exports. Both import and export numbers represent a significant slowdown from January's annual growth rate of 51 per cent and 37.7 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... $2.018 billion in December. Economists' forecasts had centred on a surplus of $1.65 billion in the month. During the month, exports were down 4.0 per cent in adjusted terms, while imports were down 4.0 per cent. Mr Turner said he did not expect the data ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... at parity now - and Bloomberg prints, "Oil prices may surge to $220 a barrel if political unrest in North Africa halts exports from Libya and Algeria, Nomura Holdings Inc. said." My, oh my! Goodbye global economic recovery! Goodbye bull run! Welcome ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... raised interest rates. The announcement raised concerns that China's economy could slow substantially, leading to weaker exports by many of its trading partners. But resource stocks led Shanghai higher on the back of rising energy prices, offsetting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... after weeks of unrest. Shanghai's Composite Index ended up 2.54 per cent, or 71.80 points, at 2,899.13 after data showed exports and imports surged in January, while the trade surplus fell 53.5 per cent to $US6.45 billion ($A6.46 billion), providing ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... us than Europe. It seems India is also in on the act. "There was a time when no Australian business went to India but exports to India have since shot up like a rifle bullet." "We used to talk about the tyranny of distance but now we talk about the power ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... States, China and Germany. Based on the CIA Factbook's figures, Egypt buys a puny 0.3 per cent of these countries' total exports. No big loss on the global economy and financial markets if Egypt turns to sand if you ask me. And so I wasn't surprise when ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... -- almost double the second quarter's rate of 2.4 per cent. It accounted for 3.02 per cent of the 3.2 per cent growth. Exports also provided a positive contribution of 1.04 per cent. They better or the US dollar index's decline from a high of 80.52 in ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... sector. "NSW is a hub of innovation, accounting for 51 per cent of Australia's Information and Communications Technology exports and about 60 per cent of Australia's total business expenditure on Research & Development," she said. Australia was ranked ...