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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... close at 2,185.30. Shenzhen also fell 1.01 per cent, or 11.72 points, to 1,148.29. The drop came despite Chinese manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Statistics (ABS) releases June quarter producer price index data, the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing index (PMI) for July is due out, as is the RP Data monthly house prices figures for June and July. In equities news, Woodside ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... have seen in the past three years." The composite PMI rose to a 3-month high of 54.0 in July from 52.8 in June. The manufacturing PMI rose to a 2-month high of 51.9 in July from 51.8 in June. The services PMI rose to a 38-month high of 54.4 in July from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... quarterly US economic growth data is also set to be released. China will provide two updates on the health of its manufacturing industry on Friday. Locally, the big miners all gained on Wednesday morning. Rio Tinto put on 74 cents to $66.49, BHP gained ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... than GM does, having sold 105,000 vehicles there in 2013 for a reported market share of 3.8 percent. Ford also has manufacturing facilities in Russia. Like GM, Ford had been looking to increase its investment in Russia and invested $1.4 billion in a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... investors sought safety. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose. Investors were still upbeat after Thursday's strong manufacturing data from China as well as the eurozone, which lifted hopes for the global economy. Tokyo rallied 1.13 per cent, or 173.45 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed higher for the seventh session in a row, boosted by Chinese manufacturing data and US company earnings. Banking giant HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers index of China's manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... geo-political risks. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the Australian share market was taking a breather ahead of the HSBC manufacturing flash PMI data due out at 1145 AEST on Thursday. "It's just mixed news across the board. A lot of materials stocks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... geo-political risks. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the Australian share market was taking a breather ahead of the HSBC manufacturing flash PMI data due out at 1145 AEST on Thursday. "It's just mixed news across the board. A lot of materials stocks ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... falls - suggesting continued falls in the unemployment rate going forward. Not only this, the latest surveys on UK manufacturing, construction and services conducted by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed ...