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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Energy has made a $118 million takeover offer for fellow explorer Acer Energy. Shares in both companies are in a trading halt. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,778.50 per fine ounce, up $US5.18 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,773.32 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... after reaching agreement with its suitor. Dulux shares were up two cents to $3.24, and Alesco shares remained in a trading halt. At 1045 AEST, local national turnover was 642.239 million securities worth $2.746 billion, with 333 stocks up, 288 down and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... AEST, Fortescue Metals had surged 49.5 cents, or 16.56 per cent, to $3.485 after the mining company emerged from a trading halt with news it had secured a new $US4.5 billion ($A4.31 billion) credit facility from Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. Thermal coal ...

Hastings securities in trading halt as PPA ups offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Hastings securities have been placed in a trading halt ahead of this morning's announcement by Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA) that it has upped its all-cash offer price for Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF). PPA had until midnight (AEST) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Road has agreed to buy fellow fashion retailer Witchery Australia for $172 million. Country Road shares were in a trading halt after last trading at $3.24. The big miners and the four major banks were all lower. BHP Billiton was down 24 cents to $31.69 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... confirmed it has received a $1.45-a-share takeover offer from US private equity firm TPG. Its shares are currently in a trading halt. The mining giants were all higher at open. BHP Billiton was 11 cents up to $30.66, Rio Tinto was 28.5 cents higher at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... cents higher at $53.42 and BHP Billiton was also up six cents at $31.16. Ten Network Holdings shares went into a trading halt, with the network poised to announce the sale of its outdoor advertising business Eye Corp. Among the banks, Westpac was nine ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... and its quarterly revenue by 18 per cent. Seven West shares were 5.2 per cent lower at $1.44 after coming out of a trading halt. In economic news on Thursday, National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey for the June quarter will be released and ...

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... the property business to Folkstone. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement last week, Mariner said, "the trading halt and any potential sale of joint venture relating to any parts of the Austock business may impact upon our intentions to make ...

Austock bid on ice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
A trading halt placed on the Austock Group may impact Mariner Corporation's takeover bid for the company. The trading halt followed reports that Austock chief executive Bill Bessemer was in talks with Folkestone Limited about a joint venture to run ...