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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... approvals that have risen for the last four months. While there were three interest rate hikes last year, the rate increase holiday that the property market has been afforded has injected the positive sentiment back into the market. The IMF has revised ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... 10,000 level. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 138.16 points to end at 20,347.87 on its first day of trade after a long holiday weekend. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares whiled away the start of a holiday-shortened week, with little news aside from ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... latest trading, the Hang Seng rose 207.01 points to 20209.71. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket lost ground at the end of a holiday-shortened week last week, with few factors in a dull session to dictate direction. The NZSX-50 index closed down 3.28 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... public offerings kept funds in the market while property stocks rose on hopes of robust residential sales over the five-day holiday weekend. The Hang Seng Index gained 207.01 points to close at 20,209.71. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares held their ground ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... key 20,000 level. WELLINGTON - A two per cent rise for Telecom led New Zealand shares higher, after a soft start to a holiday-shortened week. The NZSX-50 Index closed at a six-week high of 4137.95, up 30.81 points, or 0.8 per cent, on light turnover ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... The CAC-40 index lost 1.09 points to 5502.18. TOKYO - The Japanese stock market was closed for the Spring Equinox Day holiday. On Tuesday the Nikkei climbed 153.65 points to 17,163.20. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose as investors bought telco Hutchison ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... sharp gains last week. Despite the record close by mainland stocks in their first trading day after the Lunar New Year holiday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 203.70 points to end at 20,507.95. WELLINGTON - A lacklustre start to the week saw ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with only a slight lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0742 AEDT, the March share price index contract was unchanged at 5969. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...