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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... positive leads from Wall Street over the weekend, although world markets appear tentative as they assess the impact of the Japanese earthquake on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was eight points higher ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... prices they predicted when the "Day of Rage" came and went in Saudi Arabia without incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. Two Japanese oil refineries burnt during the tremor. And according to the Los Angeles Times, "Industry experts say that if Japan can't ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... "Labour costs are rising and so firms must invest more in machine tools and there are great opportunities for a lot of Japanese exporters." Another fund manager agrees that there are some cheap stocks on offer in a wide range of sectors. "In Japan we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... with the DAX at 7,161.93 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 gained 25.5 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 4,015.91 points. ASIA - Japanese shares closed mixed, with softer oil prices encouraging bargain-hunting after Monday's losses but fears of further Middle ...

Spot the bubble before they burst

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... have the potential to devastate investors. The industry veteran cited previous painful bubbles in US equities, gold, Japanese equities and Japanese residential property, all of which have suffered major falls from peak to trough during the last 30 years. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... market put on 0.32 per cent, and the Swiss bourse, up 0.19 per cent. HONG KONG - Oil prices remained high in Asia as a Japanese minister fretted about the effects of Middle East unrest, while stock markets were mixed, some edging higher on increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... index ended up 0.20 per cent, or 21.13 points, at 10,746.67, helped by a weaker yen, which tends to boost the value of Japanese exporters. Tokyo dealers welcomed the Bank of Japan's upgrading of the nation's economy for the first time in nine months. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... The index has lost five per cent this week. Tokyo's Nikkei closed 0.11 per cent, or 12.18 points, lower at 10,605.65 as Japanese traders went into consolidation mode before a public holiday and after a weak lead from Wall Street. In Tokyo Toyota stood ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... points, at 10,617.83, as weakness among stocks with exposure to China offset optimism caused by a weaker yen, which helps Japanese exporters. The People's Bank of China said on Tuesday it was raising the one-year deposit and lending rates by 25 basis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... had nearly quadrupled, despite a 39 per cent fall in the third quarter, rounding off an earnings season that has buoyed Japanese stocks. Hong Kong stocks closed 0.29 per cent lower led mainly by a dip in property developers' share prices. The benchmark ...