As the surprisingly rough start of trading this year suggests, continued gains in Japanese stocks are premised on a delicate balance of factors. For the first time in six years, the market did not ring in the New Year on Monday, the ...
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Investors around the globe are on edge amid more volatility in financial markets as Wall Street attempts to wean itself off stimulus and fears intensify about China's banking system, sending Australian shares sharply lower to the point of ...
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Fears of a possible global slowdown as US money printing tapers off sent Asian markets into a tailspin yesterday, pulling the Australian equities market back towards a level that has all but wiped off the gains it has made this year. ...
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The unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-awaited growth strategy did little to stem the recent slide in Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei 225 closing down 3.8 per cent yesterday. And analysts warned that the measures announced -- ...
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SHARES climbed yesterday following a rally in Japanese stocks and as some analysts saw potential for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates next month. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at a two-day high of 4966.6. The ...
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AUSTRALIAN shares rose slightly in quiet trading yesterday after disappointing US non-farm payrolls data fuelled doubts about whether the world's No 1 economy would be strong enough for the US Federal Reserve to consider slowing the pace of ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 5109.2 after hitting a 4 1/2-year high of 5135.7 in early trading. Share trading value worth $5.2 billion slipped just below the 20-day moving average of $5.3bn. Asian markets were ...
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A weaker yen helped Japanese stocks push past 11,000 for the first time since April 2010 early today, while the South Korean market was weighed by a decline in Samsung Electronics. The US dollar strengthened against the yen early today, ...
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Japanese stocks rose, with the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average rising the most in two weeks, after a North Korean rocket launch failed and Fast Retailing Co. Forecast record profit. Shares pared gains as slower growth in China tempered ...
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Japanese stocks rose for a third day after better-than-estimated data on the nation’s machinery orders. Oil and the New Zealand dollar declined as Chinese exports grew at a slower pace than economists’ forecasts. The Nikkei 225 ...
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