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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... 2,056.32 after it closed at a 44-month low on Wednesday. Hong Kong added 1.14 per cent, or 234.56 points, to 20,762.29, Tokyo gained 0.48 per cent, or 43.17 points, to 8949.87 and Seoul rose 0.42 per cent, or 8.26 points, to 1988.70. WELLINGTON - Warehouse ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... restructure Greece's debt with the regional lender, while tensions between China and Japan continued to weigh on markets. Tokyo tumbled 2.03 per cent, or 184.84 points, to 8,906.70, Sydney shed 0.26 per cent, or 11.3 points, to 4,361.6 and Seoul slipped ...

NZ Superannuation Fund excludes four firms from portfolio

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... responsible investment standards. The firms that were excluded from the fund's portfolio include Freeport-McMoRan, KBR, Tokyo Electric Power Company and Zijin Mining Group. NZ Superannuation Fund said this decision were based on information from its ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... spooked by news German business confidence has hit a 31-month low, wrangling over Greece's budget and uncertainty about Spain. Tokyo was 0.25 per cent higher, adding 22.25 points to 9,091.54 but Sydney slipped 0.29 per cent, or 12.6 points, to 4,372.9 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... in China and Hong Kong were pared despite a People's Bank of China adviser warning the mainland economy was still weak. Tokyo was 0.45 per cent down, closing 40.71 points lower at 9,069.29, while Sydney shed 0.52 per cent, or 22.8 points, to close at ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... market. The Australian equity income focused fund identifies and invests in higher-paying dividend stocks and was launched in Tokyo recently to meet Japanese investors' demand for income-distributing funds. Gerard Doherty, managing director at Fidelity ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... European Central Bank (ECB) in unveiling plans to boost growth, but also showed manufacturing in China was still shrinking. Tokyo on Friday rose 0.25 per cent, or 23.02 points, to 9,110.00, Seoul advanced 0.60 per cent, or 12.04 points, to 2,002.37 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... per cent is considered important for Spain, since borrowing costs above this level are seen as unsustainably expensive. TOKYO - Asian equities plunged on news that Chinese manufacturing activity contracted again in September, adding to concerns about ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... per cent is considered important for Spain, since borrowing costs above this level are seen as unsustainably expensive. TOKYO - Asian equities plunged on news that Chinese manufacturing activity contracted again in September, adding to concerns about ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012