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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... 3.48 per cent, to 3,710.07. PARIS - The CAC 40 tumbled 121.02 points, or 4.48 per cent, to 2,581.46. TOKYO - A plunge in Japanese new vehicle sales added to worries about the region's economic downturn. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 288.27 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... or by 2.51 per cent, at 3,843.74. PARIS - The CAC 40 index fell 42.36 points, or 1.54 per cent, to 2,702.48. TOKYO - Japanese share prices rallied on Friday as investors looked beyond another slew of gloomy reports on the health of Asia's biggest economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... per cent, at 3,942.62. PARIS - The CAC 40 index closed 1.78 per cent higher, or by 47.92 points, at 2,744.84. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended slightly lower on Thursday, giving up early gains as worries about the rapidly worsening economy weighed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... recommended it as a defensive play. But investors remained wary as the yen is under pressure due to concern about the Japanese economy and political uncertainty, with voter support sinking for Prime Minister Taro Aso. The Nikkei gained 23.21 points to ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa resigned over allegations he was intoxicated at the weekend G-7 gabfest in Rome. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... submit by Tuesday showing how they can be made viable after receiving $US13.4 billion ($A20.63 billion) in emergency aid. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Tuesday that he would resign after passing the budget for next fiscal year, following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... per cent, to 4,413.39. PARIS - The CAC 40 gained 33.52 points, or 1.13 per cent, to finish at 2,997.86 points. TOKYO - Japanese share prices edged up on Friday, supported by a weaker yen and bargain hunting after the previous day's sharp losses. The ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... worse than the expected 1.6 per cent shrinkage in the US economy but better than forecasts for a 2.6 per cent decrease in Japanese real GDP and the 2.8 per cent contraction predicted for the United Kingdom. However, given its fourth quarter economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... 0.54 per cent, to end the day at 4,530.09. PARIS - The CAC 40 rose 6.97 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 3,027.72. TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed on Wednesday for a public holiday. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 341.43 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... per cent, to 4,505.54. PARIS - The CAC 40 lost 114.12 points, or 3.64 per cent, to close at 3,020.75 points. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended slightly lower as investors stuck to the sidelines awaiting news on the fate of a US economic stimulus package ...