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Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... the economy and still uncertain global conditions. Only yesterday, we got proof of this. The AIG performance of manufacturing index fell to 49.5 in March - that's manufacturing is contracting territory folks - from 51.3 in the previous month. Also, building ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight after stronger than expected US manufacturing data. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 4,360. In economic news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... stocks have opened almost one per cent higher, driven by major resources stocks after the release of encouraging manufacturing data from China. At 1015 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/Index index was up 35 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 4,4370.2 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... up 28 points at 4,373. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Industry Group/PriceWaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index data for March, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute's inflation gauge for March, and the Australian Bureau of ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... spending, equals a better economy. And oh, there was also the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly survey of manufacturing activity that found that manufacturing activity in the region remains solid. Yes, Virginia. Same old, same old. Nothing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... markets fell on news that euro zone private sector activity fell more sharply than expected in March, while in China manufacturing activity fell to a four-month low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 78.48 points (0.60 per cent) to ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... a slower but more sustainable growth pace. And pussycat, what's also new about the deceleration in the euro area manufacturing and services PMI reading to 48.7 this month from 49.3 in February? We already know that most member nations are in the midst ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand dollar has held near a two-month low against the greenback after figures showed weak manufacturing sectors in China and the Euro-zone, eroding demand for commodity-linked assets.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... finishing at 13,124.62. More important data is due out of the US this week, including jobless figures, along with manufacturing data out of China on Thursday. CMC Markets sales trader Miguel Audencial said that while the US data was worse than expected ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... surprises without talking about the biggest economy of them all - America. There's plenty there, from jobs to the manufacturing indices, to profits, to increasing household wealth, to jobs - oh, I've said that already, but you get the picture. As to ...