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Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Fund managers specialising in Japanese stocks are divided on how the new government will affect their investments and the local economy, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). The UK-based AIC canvassed the opinion of Japan equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... cent, to settle at 5384.43. PARIS - The CAC 40 index rose 45.23 points, or 1.27 per cent, to close at 3598.76. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended slightly lower on Friday as investors refrained from buying ahead of key US jobs data and a weekend meeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... to settle at 5301.42. PARIS - The CAC 40 index declined 19.62 points, or 0.55 per cent, to close at 3553.51. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended down 0.64 per cent, hurt by losses on Wall Street and a stronger yen, which is bad for exporters. The benchmark ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... lows and its 13 per cent appreciation so far in 2009. This is small comfort to investors who bought at the peak of the Japanese equity market at the end of December 1989 when the Nikkei-225 index reached the dizzying height of 38,915.5 points. Nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... to settle at 5319.84. PARIS - The CAC 40 index declined 10.31 points, or 0.29 per cent, to close at 3573.13. TOKYO - Japanese share prices slid more than two per cent, logging their steepest fall in more than two weeks, due to worries about losses on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... points, or 0.96 per cent, to 5464.61. PARIS - The CAC 40 declined 39.6 points, or 1.07 per cent, to 3653.54. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended lower after briefly striking a new 2009 high in early trade following the opposition's landslide election ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... 47.02 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 5517.35. PARIS - The CAC 40 gained 44.61 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 3693.14. TOKYO - Japanese shares are likely to see choppy trade this week due to concerns about the sustainability of a global economic recovery ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... backed up by solid evidence this time. Just recently, a number of big economies of the world stepped out of recession. Japanese real GDP grew by 0.9 per cent in the second quarter following four consecutive quarters of decline. This followed growth of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... 107.5 points, or 2.02 per cent, to 5201.61. PARIS - The CAC 40 fell 75.58 points, or 2.16 per cent, to 3419.69. TOKYO - Japanese shares suffered their steepest fall in more than four months, weighed down by a stronger yen and heavy losses on the US and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... points, or 1.70 per cent, to 5309.11. PARIS - The CAC 40 gained 29.12 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 3,495.27. TOKYO - Japanese shares ended at a new 10-month high on Friday, mirroring gains on overseas markets, as rebounds in the German and French economies ...