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China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... basis points lower than the actual one year lending rate." Must be why investors are heading back to China. The Shanghai Composite Index's up by 5.1% this year to date and the yuan's reversing its decline against the greenback -- it's currently trading ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... record high); the Stoxx 600 up 1.9% (to 6-year highs); the FTSE-100 up 1.0%; the Nikkei-225 index up 2.3%; the Shanghai Composite up 0.6%. Even the All Ords got over the line with a small yet still positive 0.1% up. All's well. There's no fear in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... on Friday on selective buying of property shares and technology firms, dealers said. In China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.66 per cent, or 13.28 points, to 2,034.57 on turnover of 51.5 billion yuan ($A8.98 billion). The index added 0.40 ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... convincing -- Dow up by 0.06% and the S&P 500 by 0.24% -- more so Europe's - Stoxx 50 index up 0.02%. China's Shanghai Composite index is not convinced at all -- down 0.18%. What gives? What gives is that investors don't know. This, at least, is the ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... couple of days and the Nikkei-225 index increased by 0.5% after losing 1.37%. What's interesting is that China's Shanghai Composite index fell by 0.2% after jumping by 0.9% on the Russo/Ukraine tension. Fell free to form your own conclusions. I digress. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... a much-watched index on Thursday showed Chinese manufacturing activity at a seven-month low. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.17 per cent, or 25.09 points, to close at 2,113.69 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Sydney barely edged up, gaining 4.1 points to 5,412.3. Chinese shares also lost ground, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ending down 0.18 per cent, or 3.77 points, to 2,138.78. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... cent, or 3.98 points, to 1,942.93, while Sydney gained 0.29 per cent, or 15.4 points, to 5,408.2. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 1.11 per cent, or 23.48 points, to 2,142.55 and the Shenzhen Composite Index - which tracks stocks on China's ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... announcement about the meeting of China's ruling Communist Party, due to end on Tuesday after four days. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 17.30 points to 2,126.77. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 fell 6.504 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4915.668.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... per cent, or 4.12 points, at 1,884.83. At close Hong Kong shares were up 2.13 per cent while the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 2.39 per cent. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 fell 11.343 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4522.299 on Monday.