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Market Talk- April 25th, 2018

When you consider the DOW was off 550 points you would have expected significantly more weakness in Asia, but that was not to be! With 15mins trading time to go we...

Market Talk- April 24, 2018

Asia opened better and saw some impressive gains from the core. The Nikkei had a solid day with a near 1% gain whilst the Yen remains soft flirting with the 109...

Market Talk- April 23, 2018

Asia tried to be positive today, but soon after the opening bell we were back in the red again with early volume increasing. However, with the exception of Nikkei,...

Market Talk- April 20th, 2018

  The uncertainty seen in US markets was reflected here in Asia overnight with all indices closing weak. Yesterdays gains were soon retraced even despite the...

Market Talk- April 19, 2018

A solid day for Asia with the broad based rally carrying all markets higher. Confidence gained from strong earnings, better data than US markets had expected and...

Market Talk- April 18, 2018

Wall Streets euphoria spilled-over into Asia with many markets making gains. The one outsider today was the SENSEX which closed marginally lower -0.2%, breaking its...

Market Talk- April 17, 2018

Again we saw Chinese equity markets suffer even after the better than forecast trade data. The 6.8% release was better than the 6.7% expected but, because March...

Market Talk- April 16, 2018

The main talking point in Asian trade today was the Hong Kong Dollar seeing another test of its upper band (7.85). The currency has been pegged between 7.75 and...

Market Talk- April 13, 2018

Asia has been predominantly better bid but for the Shanghai index. Here we saw values drift in afternoon trading to close on its low (-0.6%). Trade numbers were...

Market Talk- April 12, 2018

The SENSEX was the star performer in Asia today against what looked like a sea of red boards. The SENSEX closed up over +0.5% on the day completing its sixth...