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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... down 34.98 or 0.50 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5,040.92 points, down 22.44 or 0.44 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed today for the Greenery Day national holiday. Markets will reopen on Wednesday. On Friday the market closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... points, up 8.85 or 0.13 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5,063.36 points, down 6.35 or 0.13 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed on Monday for Children's Day. On Friday the market closed up 282.40 at 14049.26, its highest close ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... $US1.5564 late yesterday. The British pound climbed to $US1.9893 from $US1.9681, while the dollar was unchanged at 104.17 Japanese yen. The Fed's action pushed the federal funds rate down to 2 per cent, its lowest level since late 2004. It marked the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... down 39.99 or 0.58 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,977.1 points, down 35.65 or 0.71 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday. They will reopen today. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, with Bank of China hitting a four-month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... closing high as Canon Inc and other exporters gained on a softer yen, leading to a sixth straight positive week, while Japanese government bond futures plunged. The benchmark Nikkei gained 322.60 points to 13,863.47, its highest close since February ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

... return was greater than zero." This could result to a destruction in capital, as was the case during the dot com boom, the Japanese boom and the 1990s Asian boom, when the return on capital required was minimal, he said. "A wealth fund without clear ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... world currencies, including 2.7 per cent against the US dollar, 10 per cent against the Euro and 13 per cent against the Japanese yen. The Canadian stock market was also not immune to the downturn, suffering a 2.8 per cent slump this quarter although ...

Abacus banks on new wave of tourists

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... hospitality industry would make most of their profits from the surge in tourists from emerging markets, rather than the US and Japanese visitors the country traditionally relied on. "We believe this is a favourable time to invest in the Australasian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei ended down 1.27 per cent at its lowest close in more than a week, as worries about the US and Japanese economies grew, with sagging machinery orders hitting industrial robot maker Fanuc and other machinery makers. The Nikkei ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... high as financial firms extended gains, but energy was limited by wariness ahead of US jobs data and earnings from major Japanese firms next week. The Nikkei gained 200.54 points to close at 13,389.90. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose to a five-week ...