In March 2013, the A Index rose to 98.85 cents per pound on the 18th before receding to 93.15 cents per pound on March 26. The recent surge in cotton prices may be due to concerns about a tightening supply-demand balance outside of China as ...
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Though IT trailed other sectors as market indices rose to milestone highs this quarter, some bright spots in earnings and market research reports this week indicate continuing confidence that things will go better for tech this year than in ...
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In February this year, Japan's industrial production decreased 0.1 percent from the previous month, showing a month-on-month decrease for the first month in three months. Japan's industrial output showed a decrease of 11 percent from ...
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In March this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian construction sector decreased from 81.5 to 80, down 1.84 percent month on month, after two months of increase on month-on-month basis. The March reading is lower ...
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THE Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has rallied to the second-highest close in its history, as investors shrugged off eurozone concerns. The S&P500 closed up 12.08 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 1563.77, just shy of its October 2007 peak ...
Taiwan's industrial production index in February this year fell by 11.45 percent as compared to February 2012 after rising by a revised 19 percent year on year in January, and was down 19.9 percent month on month, according to the country's ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.2 per cent at 4967.3 points after hitting a six-week low of 4927.9. Financials and consumer staples lent support, with ANZ, Westpac, NAB, Woolworths and Wesfarmers up 0.8 per cent to 1.5 per cent. ...
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US investors pushed stocks broadly higher, as the Federal Reserve's promise of continued easy-money policies helped them move past the latest flare-up in Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with an advance of ...
The sharemarket continued its fall yesterday, dropping back below 5000 points even though European and US markets brushed off concerns that plans for a deposit tax in Cyprus could reignite the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.6 percent in February after increasing 1 percent in January (the 1 percent gain in January was revised down from a 2.4 percent increase ATA ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in February this year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry rose by 0.8 percent compared to January this year, following a ...
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In January of the current year, Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production increased 0.3 percent from the previous month, while the original index indicated a decrease of 5.8 percent compared to the same month last year. The ...
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The dollar was higher late today following strong economic data showing rising house prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 and solid gains in consumer sentiment in March. At 4.50pm AEDT, the Aussie fetched $US1.0313 compared with US$1.0282 ...
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THE Australian dollar was higher in late Asian trading yesterday after strong economic data showing rising house prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 and solid gains in consumer sentiment in March. At 5pm AEDT it was buying $US1.0314, up ...
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The sharemarket finished more than 0.4 per cent higher following a wave of investor enthusiasm in Japan and the US. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said local shares finished strongly after a slow start as Japanese shares pushed ...
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