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Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia", the latest purchasing managers survey of the service industry shows activity in the sector easing in China - down to a 22-month low of 53.7 in September - ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the local ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... per cent, or 56.02 points, to 8,783.89 Fears over growth in China on Saturday were stoked when the official purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low of 49.2 in August from 50.1 in July, owing to slumping demand ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... manufacturing activity in Australia's key trading partner China slumped to a nine-month low in August. China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 49.2 index points in August, from 50.1 the previous month, government figures showed. Macquarie Private ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
HSBC's flash China Purchasing Managers' Index result released last week is being read as further evidence of a broad-based manufacturing slowdown, but this misinterprets what's going on in the sector, said Premium China Funds Management. The common ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... show a contraction for the seventh consecutive month, although investment managers remain confident. HSBC's purchasing managers index (PMI) yesterday indicated factory output fell from 49.3 in April to 48.7 in May, representing the seventh consecutive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... looking for even a 50 basis point rate cut at the moment," he said. "At the same time, we have China PMI (purchasing managers' index) numbers to look out for so it seems like the event risk is pretty big at the moment. "After yesterday's big move high ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Seoul closed off 0.1 per cent and Shanghai closed down 0.76 per cent. The preliminary HSBC China manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to a two-month high of 49.1 in April compared with a final reading of 48.3 in March. A reading above 50 indicates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... for 12 months, tempering recent concerns of a sharp slowdown in the world's number two economy. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 53.1 from 51 in February, helped by an increase in new orders, the China Federation of Logistics and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... 3,900 contracts traded. Manufacturing activity in China rose more than expected in March, according to the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which advanced 2.1 index points to 53.1 points, well above market expectations of 50.8 result. IG Markets analyst ...