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- (Adds analyst comments, share prices) TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed higher, led by the futures markets, with the benign consumer price data for October alleviating concerns the Bank of Japan may still raise interest rates within the year, dealers said. The market trimmed intraday gains as profit-taking set in with a firmer yen weighing on exporters. Trading activity next week will li ...

SEOUL (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed slightly higher on foreign investors' interest, with POSCO hitting a new record on a report of a possible capital tie-up with China's Baosteel, dealers said. The KOSPI index closed up 2.15 points or 0.15 pct at 1,434.36, after moving between 1,428.24 and 1,436.80. It ended the week with a gain of 12.63 points. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun earlier reported, citi ...

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices finished the morning session slightly lower as profit-taking pushed down select stocks that have made strong gains in the past two days, dealers said. But PCCW fell sharply on market disappointment at the rejection yesterday by minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD) of the proposed sale of PCRD's controlling  ...

SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed lower as investors turned to profit taking after the wider All Ordinaries Index hit a record high on Thursday, dealers said. The said investors saw added impetus to square positions ahead of tonight's ISM manufacturing survey, with a possibility the data could be below the critical 50 level which would be a further signal the US economy is slowing heading i ...

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices finished the morning session slightly lower as profit-taking pushed down select stocks that have made strong gains in the past two days, dealers said. PCCW fell sharply on market disappointment at the rejection yesterday by minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD) of the proposed sale of PCRD's controlling stak ...

SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) - National Australia Bank Ltd said the global growth outlook for 2007 is for a moderation in economic activity while it expects increasing competition across its markets in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In its annual report NAB, rated Australia's largest bank by assets, said normalizing of interest rates and continued high oil prices are expected to continue to slow the pa ...

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower in early trade as profit-taking pushed down select stocks that have made strong gains in the past two days, dealers said. PCCW led the declines on market disappointment over the rejection yesterday by minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD) of the proposed sale of PCRD's controlling stake in PCCW to ...

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices opened lower as profit-taking pushed down select stocks that have made strong gains in the past two days, dealers said. PCCW led the declines on market disappointment over the rejection yesterday by minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD) of the proposed sale of the company's controlling stake in PCCW to a gro ...

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices are expected to open flat to lower, with profit-taking on select stocks that have made strong gains in the past two days, dealers said. They said PCCW would be in focus after minority shareholders in Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD), which is controlled by PCCW chairman Richard Li, voted yesterday against the sale of PCRD's cont ...

(Updates with full report) PARIS (AFX) - Share prices closed sharply lower, retreating from early gains after another round of discouraging US economic data rattled investor confidence, and offset the positive impact of fresh merger and acquisition speculation in France, dealers said. The CAC-40 index finished down 53.61 points or 1 pct at 5,327.64, on heavy volume of 5.6 bln eur. Among CAC-40  ...