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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... confidence in the nuclear industry was probably now dead and buried for ever. HONG KONG - Asian stocks slumped on Tuesday with Tokyo shedding more than 10 per cent as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened after two more blasts and a fire at an atomic power ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... appeared to have been damaged. The pool forms the base of the container vessel which seals the fuel rods. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) "believes the container vessel has not sustained damage such as a hole, judging from the fact that ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... investing and profiting from what Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan described as the worst since WW2. At a press conference in Tokyo, the PM declared that, "The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... banking system was stronger than previously thought. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were broadly lower on Monday, with Tokyo tumbling more than six per cent after last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami as well as fears of a nuclear reactor meltdown. ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... spending, with the fight still on to prevent a nuclear catastrophe at three reactors at the Fukushima power plant 240km north of Tokyo. Investors in the treasury market are this week pondering the situation, though most are unwilling to speak about what ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... 5.17 percent to 19.255 euros. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets plunged on Friday following Japan's massive earthquake, with Tokyo ending down 1.72 per cent and Hong Kong down 1.55 per cent, although the yen stabilised after an initial autumn. Tokyo's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Wednesday but had to pay much higher rates to get its money. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets edged higher on Wednesday, with Tokyo and Hong Kong buoyed by easing world oil prices and signs of improvement in their economies. Tokyo's Nikkei Index ended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... after Monday's losses but fears of further Middle East and North Africa unrest firmly in focus. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 20.17 points higher at 10,525.19. But the Topix index of all first section shares lost 0.26 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets suffered sharp falls on Monday, with rising oil prices hurting overall sentiment and Tokyo hit by political upheaval, but mainland Chinese shares bucked the downward trend. Tokyo's Nikkei index plunged 1.76 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... into safer investments, with gold hitting a new record and the Swiss franc sitting near fresh highs against the greenback. Tokyo rose 0.89 per cent, or 93.64 points, to 10,586.02, while Hong Kong added 0.32 per cent, or 73.76 points, to 23,122.42. Seoul ...