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Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... 15-year high. Chinese shares were again the stand-out performers on Friday on hopes Beijing will announce fresh monetary easing measures after more disappointing economic indicators. Tokyo reversed a morning sell-off to end 0.30 per cent higher, adding ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... Shanghai Composite has recorded an astonishing 118 per cent gain over the past year, on expectations of further monetary easing in China. Tokyo and Seoul were closed for holidays, but early trade elsewhere in Asia had been energised by Wall Street, which ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... and financial shares, while Hong Kong stocks fell 0.03 per cent to 28,123.82. Chinese shares rallied on hopes of monetary easing following a survey of manufacturing activity that recorded its worst contraction in a year in April. Shanghai added 0.87 ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... concerned, the BOJ is correct in saying in its last monetary policy statement that, "Quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) has been exerting its intended effects..." Not quite so for its other claims. Last time for instance, the BOJ stated ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... well below the 50 break-even point. The result led higher on hopes the Chinese authorities will introduce more monetary easing measures. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares have retreated, paced by power and broadband company Trustpower as a major shareholder ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... high of 24,902.06, led by gains in energy shares, while Shanghai jumped 2.15 per cent on expectations of more monetary easing in China. Expectations have been building that Chinese authorities will announce more monetary easing ahead of the annual meeting ...

China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The People's Bank of China monetary easing policies have resulted in liquidity pouring mainly into the A-share market, J.P. Morgan emerging markets equity managing director George J. Iwanicki learned in a recent trip to the country. A-shares are shares ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... than it is, but the adjustment process is being held up by global forces. That puts the onus back on some more monetary easing. "The big surprise of the next 12 to 18 months could be that the RBA cuts rates again. I don't think many Australian investors ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... after ramping up gains of more than 10 per cent in the previous six sessions as the Bank of Japan unveiled fresh monetary easing measures. Hong Kong rose 0.83 per cent, or 194.46 points, to 23,744.70 and Shanghai jumped 2.30 per cent, or 55.50 points ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... slipped 0.86 per cent after surging more than 10 per cent since last Wednesday, helped by the Bank of Japan's monetary easing announcement. The Nikkei lost 144.84 points to finish at 16,792.48. Sydney slipped 0.21 per cent, or 11.8 points, to 5,506.1 ...