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Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... nothing else to explain a drop on Wall Street given economic news reports over the past 24 hours. Certainly not Markit Economics' flash estimate of US manufacturing PMI - up to a better-than-expected 57.5 in June from 56.4 in May - nor the 4.9% jump ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of 56.2 in May - the highest in three months - from April's final reading ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... strongly in March, with growth picking up to the sharpest since July 2007". This is not surprising given recent Markit Economics latest UK PMI readings. The country's manufacturing slowed in March from February but at 55.3 remains far above its long ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Russia. Similarly, the Eurozone's manufacturing PMI remains in expansion territory (53.0 in March), prompting Markit Economics' Chris Williamson to note that, ""Despite having cooled slightly in March, the euro area manufacturing sector continues to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... closed up 0.80 per cent at 4,426.72 points, just down from its highest point since early September 2008. The Markit Economics' Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for March stood at 53.0, down from February's 53.2. The 28-nation bloc PMI ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... just confirmed that China is slowing. Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Or perhaps... simply morons. The HSBC/Markit Economics China flash purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to 48.1 in March - the lowest level in eight months -- from February's ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... positive side of late. In America, economic reports for February confirmed the "frozen by the polar vortex" story. Markit Economics' US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) jumped to a reading of 57.1 in February from 53.7 in the previous month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Frankfurt's DAX 30 inched lower 0.13 per cent to 9,116.32 points and the CAC 40 in Paris was flat at 4,117.79 points. Markit Economics said its Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for January rose to 52.9 points from 52.1 in December ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... 40 in Paris fell 1.02 per cent to 4,280.96 points. Milan shed 0.72 per cent and Madrid gave up 0.37 per cent. Markit Economics said its Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for January rose to 53.2 points from 52.1 in December - the seventh ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Eurozone's manufacturing PMI rose to a 16-month high of 48.8 in June from 48.3 in the previous month, prompting Markit Economics to declare that, "On this trajectory, a return to growth for the sector" is possible the third quarter of this year. Reason ...