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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Aussie dollar hasn't seen any selling on the back of that. Also during the local session, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that average weekly ordinary time earnings for adult full-time employees rose 1.0 per cent in the three months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... maturing on July 22, 2011, and $600 million of Treasury Notes maturing on August 12, 2011. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) for the three months to February. In equities news, James ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... cent of total interest income, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said in its Quarterly Bank Performance Statistics report today. The big four banks earned $45.8 billion in interest, or 84.3 per cent of the $54.3 billion total interest pie. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues the minutes of its monetary policy meeting on May 3, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues figures on lending finance in March. In equities news, Qantas holds a media briefing on its frequent flyer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. In economic news on Monday, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance for March. The ABS also releases new motor vehicles sales for April. In equities news, DuluxGroup ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... slid 35 cents to $26.95. The Australian dollar dropped almost one per cent immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low 4.9 per cent in April. It was fetching 105.98 US cents at 1205 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues labour force data for April, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts tender processes ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... It's cheaper to see the world than holiday in Uluru. We'll get further evidence of this when the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its report on "International Trade in Goods and Services" for March later today. This is part of a floating currency's ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... that research suggests women are underinsured and are inadequately financially prepared for their retirement. "TOWER statistics reveal that although women make up 45% of the Australian workforce, only 12% of TOWER Australia income protection claims come ...

Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... total number of ETFs on the market combined is now 52 as a new fund trading hedged gold has been launched since the statistics were collected. Jonathan Morgan, equity markets business development manager for the ASX, said the market capitalisation of ...