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Business confidence on upswing: ACCI and Westpac industrial survey

General business confidence is on a high in the wake of the 2003-04 Federal Budget and the Australian economy has continued to perform strongly in the 2003 June quarter, a survey of industrial trends by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares run out of steam

Shares ran out of momentum during the afternoon session as the All Ordinaries index gave back some of its early gains. Westpac was the big loser, shedding 3.4% to finish at $16.20 as its recent move to the upside came to a shuddering halt. The other ...

Midday market wrap: Shares drift lower

Marginal falls in three out of the four major banks helped drag the All Ordinaries index slightly lower during the morning session. Only National traded higher, edging up to $32.52. AMP was also a fraction higher, although after a torrid past few weeks ...

Home loans sector driving major bank profits: PwC

The four major banks have delivered another round of record results this half, with combined underlying profits (cash earnings before significant items) up 6 per cent on the corresponding 2002 period, and 4.5% up on the previous half, according to analysis ...

Midday market wrap: AMP weighs down index

The All Ordinaries index was 2.9 points higher at lunchtime, reflecting a strong finish last week in London and New York, although the 40 per cent plummet in the value of AMP shares severely limited any move to the upside. After institutional investors ...

AMP to sell $2.8 billion in mortgages, property loans

AMP has announced that it is to sell $2.8 billion in residential mortgages in New Zealand and property finance loans in both Australia and New Zealand as part of its restructuring strategy announced on November 14 2002. Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market lifted by war news

Late afternoon news that coalition troops had advanced to the heart of the Iraqi capital seemed to lift a weight off anxious investors, who responded with a late flurry of buying, pushing the All Ordinaries index up to 2935.60 points, a gain of 39.30. ...

InvestorWeb talks up Sanford bid ahead of Friday expiry

InvestorWeb (IWL) has launched a last ditch appeal to Sanford shareholders to accept its $0.19 per share offer, but it appears to be falling on deaf ears ahead of the offer's expiry on Friday April 4. So far, only 173 Sanford shareholders (12 per cent ...

Inadequate returns deter super top-ups: survey

In its March 2003 quarterly report, ING Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research that found 10.5 per cent of Australian households would hesitate to invest more in superannuation due to inadequate returns. Of the 1,200 respondents ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries rises, banks lead the charge

The All Ordinaries index continued where it left off yesterday afternoon, rising by 25 points in the morning session, mirroring gains across global share indices. The big banks were again the driving force as investors sought the refuge of stability ...