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Australia Unemployment Data Due On Thursday
(RTTNews) - Australia will on Thursday release July figures for unemployment, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The jobless rate is called steady at 3.5 percent, with the addition of 25,000 jobs following the addition of 88,400 jobs in June.
The central bank in the Philippines will wrap up its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates. The bank is widely expected to hike its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points, from 3.25 percent to 3.75 percent.
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Australian Market Sharply Lower
The Australian stock market is trading sharply lower on Friday, extending the losses in the previous three sessions, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is falling well below the 8,750 level, with weakness in mining and technology stocks partially offset by gains in financial and energy stocks.
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Soft Start Anticipated For China Stock Market
The China stock market on Thursday ended the three-day winning streak in which it had risen more than 20 points or 0.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,930-point plateau and it's expected to see continued consolidation on Friday.
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Lower Open Called For Taiwan Stock Market
The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 1,475 points or 3.5 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 46,940-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Friday.
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Singapore Stock Market May Open In The Red
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, slumping almost 110 points or 3.4 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 5,690-point plateau and it figures to open in the red again on Friday.
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Japan Producer Prices Sink 0.2% In August
Producer prices in Japan were down 0.2 percent on month in August, the Bank of Japan said on Friday.
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Malaysia Stock Market May Give Up Support At 1,700 Points
The Malaysia stock market has finished lower in three sessions, slipping almost 10 points in that span. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just above the 1,700-point plateau and it may take further damage again on Friday.
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New Zealand Manufacturing Index Eases To 5.1 - BusinessNZ
The manufacturing sector in New Zealand continued to expand, albeit at a slower rate, the latest survey from BusinessNZ revealed on Friday with a Performance of Manufacturing Index score of 53.1.
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Japan Stock Market May Head South Again On Friday
The Japan stock market on Thursday snapped the two-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 1,250 points or 1.9 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just above the 65,270-point plateau although it may hand back those gains on Friday.
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