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Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... 7.1-magnitude earthquake late hit the same area of Japan ravaged by disaster a month ago, seismologists said, prompting a local tsunami alert." Yet, you would hardly notice it from the reaction of equity markets that were trading at the time of the incident. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... plant, infrastructure and Japan's manufacturing base. The area is still recovering from last month's massive earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis. US shares in Toyota, Nissan, NTT and Sony all fell sharply before recovering somewhat. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... economic impact of the nuclear crisis, which began when the Fukushima plant was rocked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, leading to fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which runs the plant, ended at a record low Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... suggested recovery in the world's biggest economy was gaining traction. But despite recent gains since the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan, concerns linger over the crisis at the Fukushima atomic plant, which has seen radiation emitted into the air ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... lifted by a weaker yen. Optimism on Tokyo's Nikkei was subdued by ongoing concerns over the effects of last month's quake-tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis. Tokyo added 0.11 per cent, or 10.50 points, to 9,718.89 and Hong Kong rose 1.46 per cent ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... capital amounting to 24 billion euros (US$34 billion). Japan will be hit by an intensity 9 earthquake that would trigger a tsunami, cause a meltdown in its nuclear reactors and contaminate its sea, drinking water and agricultural produce with radioactive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... first-quarter gains were anything but an easy ride. Uprisings in the Arab world, a jump in oil prices along with the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan led to many deep one-day falls. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 30.88 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... continued their struggle to avoid a meltdown at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant that was rocked by the March 11 quake and tsunami. Hong Kong ended 1.70 per cent, or 391.07 points, higher at 23,451.43 and Seoul rose 0.93 per cent, or 19.25 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... detection of plutonium at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, which was crippled by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a devastating tsunami on March 11, raised new worries over the extent of a partial meltdown of fuel rods. However, the Nikkei recovered from its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... limit to 696 yen. Shares in the utility have fallen to below a third of their value before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coast and knocked out the cooling systems of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Dangerous ...