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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey is due out, as is the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for March. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday gained after a positive lead ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... close out positions, IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. The early gains were interesting, he said, as the latest manufacturing data from China, which is likely to be influential on the market, is due to be released on Tuesday. "It is interesting we've ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... the previous day's rally, while Wall Street provided another negative lead in response to anaemic US and Chinese manufacturing data. But the euro held on to the gains it made against the US dollar after an upbeat survey of European factory activity raised ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... analyst Peter Esho said a sell-off on European markets, particularly in Germany, may have dampened investor sentiment. Manufacturing data out of Germany may not have been as strong as markets had expected, he said. "There is a prospect for European markets ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... 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 chief economist ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... 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 HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... "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 insight into the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... rose 0.5 per cent in February, the largest amount in three months. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said manufacturing had rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. And, the number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the timing of interest-rate hikes and focused on jobless claims data and manufacturing figures that both beat market estimates. On the local market, in the resources sector at 1029 AEDT, BHP Billiton lifted ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... in January and a 0.1 per cent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose 5,000 ...