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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Retailer Wesfarmers had risen $1.01, or 3.47 per cent, at $30.15 after it lifted sales by 4.3 per cent at its Coles supermarket business. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said it marked a turnaround in Wesfarmers' supermarket division. "The comparative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... conference begins. On Friday the Australian sharemarket closed higher, driven by banks and Wesfarmers after the Coles supermarket chain owner said it was gaining on rival Woolworths. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 46.6 points, or 0.97 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... contracts. EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking director Richard Morrow said everything that went down Thursday was up on Friday and supermarket chain rivalry had stirred up investors. "The market is being transfixed by an announcement that Wesfarmers has turned ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... were up 14 cents, or 2.57 per cent, to $5.58 and Harvey Norman gained six cents, or 1.44 per cent, to $4.23. But the supermarket chains were lower: Wesfarmers, owner of Coles, lost 10 cents to $26.36, while Woolworths shed 24 cents, or 0.82 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... Westpac advanced 31 cents, or 1.27 per cent to $24.68, and Commonwealth Bank rose 43 cents or 0.93 per cent to $46.43. Supermarket giant Woolworths advanced 63 cents, or 2.25 per cent to $28.65, and Coles parent, Wesfarmers, rose 50 cents, or 1.99 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... wholesaler) Danks, and having the joint venture with Lowes in the US," he said. Consumer staples were mixed after supermarket giant Woolworths announced it is to enter the hardware sector with a takeover offer for Australia's second largest hardware ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... of the 11.5 million square feet of the properties are in Northern California. "People will always need to go to the supermarket, which make these properties recession-hardy as well as valuable in periods of economic growth," said Ted Eliopoulos, senior ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was in the black at noon on light trading volumes, with mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto driving modest gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.3 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 3,916.1 points at 1208 AEST, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Australian share market was trading little changed at noon as gains by most financial stocks and Telstra were offset by BHP Billiton, the gold miners and supermarkets. The market had gained in early trading following a lift on Wall Street after ...

Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... 65 years old or whatever, thank you, now take it and go home." He said future retirees are confronted with a fund supermarket where they've got all these investment choices to make and the idea is to build wealth, which shouldn't be the case. For example ...