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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Tinto was 36 cents higher at $70.56. The key catalyst for the market in afternoon trade would be the release of manufacturing data from China, Mr Shamu said. KEY FACTS * At 1234 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21 points, or 0.39 ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... - red, amber and blue flashing. Red. The colour flashing for most Asian equity markets after Markit/HSBC's flash manufacturing PMI for China dropped to 48.3 in February - its lowest reading in seven months and less than expectations for a 49.4 print ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a survey showed that US manufacturing had expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. At 0845 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... Tinto was 36 cents higher at $70.56. The key catalyst for the market in afternoon trade would be the release of manufacturing data from China, Mr Shamu said. KEY FACTS * At 1234 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21 points, or 0.39 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... turmoil seen earlier in February when the Fed said it would further reduce its bond-buying scheme and US and Chinese manufacturing data came in below forecast. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index gained 15.825 points, 0.3 per cent to 4848.883.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened slightly weaker after the loss of manufacturing jobs and mixed earnings reports impacted investor confidence. Australian shares did not follow strong leads from Wall Street as investors took their cues from local ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into 2018. Yes, oh what a feeling! What a feeling indeed for me personally because ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Wall Street - that took most equity markets around the world with it - earlier this week because market saw the ISM manufacturing index as bad - it didn't meet their expectations, it dropped to 51.3 in January when they were expecting only a slight dip ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better than the 53.5 markets' expected. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... January rose to 52.9 points from 52.1 in December, the seventh monthly rise in a row. The rise was driven by the manufacturing sector while services remained subdued in comparison, at 51.6 points in January compared with 51 in December. This contrasted ...