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A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... February's final reading of 48.5. This is less than the expected improvement to 48.7 and marks the fifth consecutive month that Chinese manufacturing activity had been in contraction territory (below 50). What gives? What gave is the statement HSBC's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... first half results. The Australian market on Monday posted modest gains, overcoming early falls and weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data. Chinese manufacturing data showed activity contracted in March to its weakest rate in eight months, with the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Monday morning. "It's going to be a negative day, unfortunately," he said. Lucas said investors would look closely at key Chinese manufacturing figures due to be released later in the day. The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index figures will give an ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... first trading day after weekend announcement) - down 1.8% from the previous week's closing of 6.1502 yuan per dollar. The Chinese currency finished at 6.2250 by week's end but not before hitting a 13-month low of 6.2275. While the generally-accepted ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... tensions. But there was no conviction among local traders after the market's recent positive run, and ongoing doubts about Chinese economic growth, IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said. "We need something to really move us," he said. "The US ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... to curb one-way bets (appreciation) in the yuan. Except for those long yuan gamblers, heard anyone complained about the Chinese currency's depreciation yet? According to Bloomberg, "The currency has slid 1.8 percent from a 20-year high of 6.0406 per ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... stocks. Iron ore prices recovered slightly on Wednesday after falling sharply on Monday and Tuesday, amid disappointing Chinese export numbers. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the overnight price movements had helped iron ore producers including ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... expected. In Australia, the market on Friday suffered it largest one day fall in almost six weeks due to disappointing Chinese economic figures and increasing tension over Ukraine's Crimea region. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 83.2 points, or ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have plummeted following disappointing Chinese economic figures and renewed concerns about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The market has started the day more than one per cent lower, which follows heavy falls on US and European ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance figures for January. Meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Ma Zhaoxu, is slated to speak at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) lunch ...