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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... rose 169.2 points to 20,306.27. Analysts said they expect the index to fall below 20,000 in the near term, because gains in China are likely to be short-lived and the domestic market will track the mainland. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket weakened ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... mark, rising to 50.8 in July - the highest level since March 2008. This is good news all around. But there's better news in China where its PMI clocked its third consecutive month of above 50 reading, increasing to 52.8 in July. The question now is ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... demand. But the same bright outlook for the global economy is also a positive for gold as consumption demand, particularly in China and India, revives. Note that easing risk aversion of the past few months has propelled commodity prices - and what is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... Australia (HILDA) survey research conference concludes in Melbourne. On Thursday, a positive offshore lead and strong growth in China's economy saw the Australian share market post a third successive day of gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... Tinto shares were down $1.02, or 2.11 per cent, to $47.34, while Australian Rio executive Stern Hu remains in detention in China. Rival mining giant, BHP Billiton, was down six cents, or 0.2 per cent, to $32.59. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... metal prices, have reversed themselves," Mr Morrow said. He said news that four Rio Tinto executives were being held in China on suspicion of spying had not harmed the company's share price. Despite stronger gold prices, most miners of the precious metal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... BHP Billiton had gained 13 cents to $32.27. Making headlines on Thursday, an Australian Rio Tinto executive detained in China on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets faces the possibility of being charged, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... b#lls. Now it's flexing its muscles Australia's way. Reports overnight revealed that Rio Tinto head of iron ore operations in China, Stern Hu - along with three other Rio employees -- were detained in China last 5 July on suspicion of espionage and stealing ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... that operationally they're as good now as they were in the last two decades," he said. "Mining stocks, if you have faith in China and India then Australia, will benefit from that and health care is a good area as we have an older population. Finally ...

Aberdeen cools on China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Aberdeen Asset Management is keeping an underweight position in China due to concerns about the "conflicting" economic data released by the country. Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said the numbers coming out ...