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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... trading, with news suggesting Athens was ready to accept increased belt-tightening as creditors considered debt relief. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, reversing heavy morning losses and tracking a surge in Shanghai after China announced new measures ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... to 4,639.02 compared with Monday's close. The euro advanced to $US1.1069 from $US1.1011 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian equities tumbled as a collapse in Chinese shares began to contaminate other markets, and after European leaders slapped ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... competitiveness." "Unlike mining and resources competitor nations, our competitors in services exports, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, have a long head start. The average Asian company tax rate is 22% whereas our 30% tax rate is forcing opportunities ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... dropped below $US1.10 earlier before recovering slighting to $US1.1098 from $US1.1086 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly retreated ahead of the weekend's Greek referendum that could decide its eurozone future, with Shanghai ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... 4,835.56 points. In foreign exchange trade, the euro rose to $US1.1101 from $US1.1053 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets tracked global stocks higher on hopes for a deal to keep Greece in the eurozone as the country prepares for ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... day at 6,608.59 points. In foreign exchange, the euro slid to $US1.1084 from $US1.1139 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen as investors shrugged off Greece's default, with Tokyo lifted by an upbeat survey on business ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... quarter, the pace slowed from the end of 2014. The euro dropped to $US1.1147 from $US1.1247 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rebounded after the previous day's rout fuelled by concerns about Greece's future in the eurozone while ...

Market set to open higher

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... 797.52 points. But outside the eurozone, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.79 per cent to 6,753.70 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets sank again after Greece's latest bailout reform talks failed to reach a deal days before a major debt deadline ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices, then by institutional investors," Neiron said. ChinaAMC Hong Kong chief executive Frank Zhang said: "With rapid development and opening-up of the China market, we expect A-shares to become an ...

Market set for a steady start

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... 40 in Paris added 0.25 per cent to 4,815.37 points while Frankfurt's DAX 30 fell 0.54 per cent to 11,040.10 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after a record close on Wall Street, and as the euro continued to defy mounting fears about Greece's ...