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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...

Market Talk- April 11, 2018

The US did lose around a third of its gains in the final hour of trading Tuesday, but it still closed strong. It was that confidence that carried some of the...

Market Talk- April 10, 2018

Todays comments from China president, Xi Jinping that China was willing to open its markets, soon lent equities a helping hand. From a lower core opening, it was...

Market Talk- April 9th, 2018

A very encouraging start to the week especially given the declines seen in the US late on Friday. Many were concerned Asia would continue the US wobble, which were...

Market Talk April 6th, 2018

We saw a mixed session in Asia as market again reflect headline after headline. The Chinese markets played catch-up, after their national holiday yesterday and that...