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Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... by 0.4% versus the US dollar and while the Shanghai composite index inched up by 0.1% (it closed before the news), China shares traded on the US exchanges dropped. According to the Financial Times : "E-commerce giant Alibaba's shares were down 5% ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Three months and a few days ago, the inclusion of China's A-shares into MSCI indexes got investors all excited. 1 June 2018 marked the day when Morgan Stanley Capital Index (MSCI) included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... on Monday for a public holiday, investors shrugged off flat Chinese economic growth figures a day earlier to send China shares higher after the country's central bank moved to ease fears of a cash crunch. In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei rose 0.99 per ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... securities and derivatives in Hong Kong after they discovered insider trading in another security, this time Bank of China shares. The regulator alleged that around the same time Tiger Asia manipulated the share price of CCB, it also short sold 104 million ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... Seng Index closed up 137.36 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 21,374.79. Turnover was $HK62.86 billion ($A8.83 billion). China shares closed higher as banks gained on bargain hunting while metal producers rallied amid expectations of increasing demand. WELLINGTON ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
As if sub-prime weren't enough to rattle the markets, party pooper Wen Jaibao has rained on the Asian markets' parade, while Australia just gets comfortable to watch the big race, betting all we have on an interest rate hike. Sub-prime mashed the US ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... 0.53 per cent in volatile trade, as investors booked profits in property stocks following their recent rally, while China shares surrendered early gains to end flat after losses in Shanghai. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 108.06 points to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006
... since April 6. HONG KONG - Stocks closed more than one per cent higher at a fresh five and a half-year high, while China shares surged as investors cheered a loosening in the country's investment rules. The Hang Seng index ended up 208.08 points at 16,637.53 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006
... 169.73 points at 16,480.09. HONG KONG - Stocks ended slightly lower as investors searching for growth sought refuge in China shares, driving the China Enterprise index to its highest level in more than eight years. The Hang Seng index, dipped 0.07 per ...
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