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...Corporate earnings reports out today include Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wharf Holdings, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Dai-ichi Life, Tata Motors, DeNA, Bridgestone, JXTG Holdings, Trend Micro and...
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...The S&P 500, up almost 8 per cent this year, touched a fresh intraday high on Wednesday after better news from America’s housing market and manufacturing sector....
...DJIA down -0.62% at 14,421 S&P 500 down -0.83% at 1,546 Bovespa down -0.81% at 55,577 Asia Nikkei 225 down -2.35% at 12,339 Topix down -1.85% at 1,039 Hang Seng down -0.50% at 22,115 Shanghai Composite...
...The S&P 500 index closed 0.5 per cent higher in New York at 1,466.47 points, its highest close since December 2007. For the week, it gained 4.6 per cent....
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: DOWN Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -21.61 (-0.17%) at 12,327 Topix down -1.48 (-0.14%) at 1,039 Hang Seng down -29.44 (-0.13%) at 23,061 US markets S&P 500 up +5.04...
...In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 also crept higher, up 0.2 per cent to 4,273.2....
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.6 per cent to 19,039.15 while China’s Shanghai Composite index gained 1.1 per cent to 2,373.31....
...DJIA up +0.03% at 12,878 S&P 500 down -0.09% at 1,351 Bovespa down -0.99% at 65,039 Asia Nikkei 225 up +2.62% at 9,289 Topix up +2.22% at 804.28 Hang Seng up +1.97% at 21,331 Shanghai Composite up +0.86%...
...http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d73987e-5716-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0.html China pledges to invest in Europe bailouts China pledged to invest in Europe’s bailout funds and sustain its holdings of euro assets,...
...The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent lower at 3,926.00....
...Shares in financial companies sank across Asia-Pacific following a drop in the value of Bank of America by a quarter overnight in New York....
...The market closed early with the S&P/ASX 200 index showing a 1.4 per cent gain at 3,582.20....
...Bridgestone gained 1.5 per cent to Y1,376 and Mitsubishi Paper rose 7.1 per cent to Y180....
...The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.1 per cent lower at 3,528.60....
...Banks led the S&P/ASX 200 3.1 per cent higher to 4,969.1....
...The S&P/ASX 200 index was 0.8 per cent higher at 5,144.10, its best close this month....
...Bridgestone, one of the world’s biggest tyremakers, gained 3.8 per cent to Y1,890....
...The Nikkei 225 average closed 0.2 per cent lower at 13,039.69 and the broader Topix index ended 0.4 per cent lower at 1,285.91....
...Singapore’s DBS rose 0.1 per cent to S$16.80 after rallying 2.3 per cent and naming a new chief executive....
...The Japanese group has a strong presence in the US through its Firestone unit, but has long been trying to crack the European market and looked at Kwik-Fit the last time it was on sale....
...Bridgestone dropped 2.4 per cent to Y2,025 after production at its biggest domestic tyre plant was shut down due to a fire....
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