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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... cents, or 0.99 per cent, to $25.625. The other three major banks had a mixed opening. ANZ lost three cents to $25.35, Westpac gained 10 cents to $25.44 and Commonwealth Bank added 12 cents to $57.43. The mining giants were all higher. BHP Billiton gained ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... 48 cents to $56.44. The banks were mostly higher, with ANZ up nine cents at $25.32, Commonwealth up 15 cents to $56.94, Westpac up 1.5 cents at $25.265, but NAB was two cents lower at $25.84. Virgin shares are due to resume trading at 1100 AEDT after ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... contributed to bank stocks being one of the success stories of the year. ANZ is up 24%, Commonwealth Bank is up 16% and Westpac and NAB up 12% and 11% respectively year-to-date. That compares to a loss of nearly 3% from the ASX over the same period. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... all opened slightly higher. ANZ was three cents up at $25.26, National Australia Bank was nine cents higher at $25.99, Westpac was 18 cents up at $25.37 and Commonwealth Bank gained 19 cents to $57.04. US stocks finished flat on Friday under the shadow ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... offshore ventures. The other big retail banks were mixed - CBA was steady $57.08, NAB was up nine cents at $25.99 and Westpac was steady at $25.27. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,705.10 per fine ounce, down $US1.76 from Wednesday's local close ...

ANZ posts record profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... now derived from outside of Australia and New Zealand. The ANZ result kicks off the banks' reporting season with NAB and Westpac's results due over the next couple of weeks. Chief executive Mike Smith said that China was now the bank's third largest ...

William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Global Investors Australia for six years where he was responsible for the company's re-launch following the sale of BT to Westpac. FranASois has also held senior roles at Schroders, Deutsche Asset Management and ING NZ. He will report to Dan Charles ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 4,519. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, shareholders have voted down calls ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... higher at $25.68, National Australia Bank was up five cents to $26.30, Commonwealth Bank was down eight cents at $56.66 and Westpac was flat at $25.80. National turnover was 252.5 million securities worth $485 million, with 328 stocks up, 209 down and ...

ASIC champion hybrid name change

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... worth of hybrids issued since the start of the year by big banks and household name companies such as IAG, Caltex, CBA and Westpac. ASIC has twice cautioned investors to not be blindsided by the possibilities of high yields and trusted brands being linked ...