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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... while the jobless rate for June was also flat, suggesting the economy maintained only modest growth, official data showed. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets advanced on a healthy batch of economic growth data out of the United States, but Shanghai sank ...

Standard Life expands Asia investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Standard Life Investments has appointed two multi-asset investment directors. Based in Hong Kong, Jason Yu (previously an investment director at Wellington Management Company) and Dongyue Zhang (previously a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... unemployment rate stayed at 6.4 per cent in July, however, the lowest level since reunification almost a quarter century ago. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly gained after a Wall Street rally. Tokyo jumped 1.08 per cent, or 219.92 points, to 20,522.83 ...

Citi launches fintech challenge

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Australian developers will compete with others across the APAC region and will demonstrate their ideas at Citi-hosted events in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangalore and Sydney. The concepts will be judged by "industry experts and financial technology leaders," ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... including encouraging numbers from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays bank and French companies Peugeot and Total. HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks recovered after plunging more than 11 per cent in the past three sessions, but there were mixed ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Paris rose 1.01 per cent to 4,977.32 points. The euro nudged lower to $US1.1049 from $1.1091 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell again, with Shanghai seeing another round of wild volatility a day after its heaviest one-day ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... 2.56 per cent to finish at 11,056.40 points. The euro rose to $US1.1111 ($A1.53) from $US1.0977 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Shanghai shares suffered their biggest one-day decline in more than eight years, leading a broad Asian decline as ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... DAX 30 fell 1.43 per cent to 11,347.45 points. The euro slipped to $US1.0967 from $US1.0985 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell following more downbeat Chinese data and another sell-off on Wall Street. Tokyo shed 0.67 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... Greece took another step closer to securing a bailout following the Greek parliament's approval of a second batch of reforms. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose, with Tokyo lifted by a stronger US dollar as investors positioned for a US rate hike ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... sliding metal prices. Anglo American slumped 5.6 per cent, BHP Billiton tumbled 5.7 per cent and Rio Tinto lost 3.6 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong equities slipped 0.99 per cent following a recent uptick and tracking losses in New York. However, Shanghai ...