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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... four major banks were also mixed. The Commonwealth Bank was up six cents to $51.00, ANZ was up 11 cents to $23.56 and Westpac was up five cents to $22.15. However, National Australia Bank was down seven cents to $25.12. National turnover was 619 million ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... are the main focus of its growth plans for the years ahead. Commonwealth Bank shares were down 14 per cent to $50.71 and Westpac was 0.09 per cent lower to $22.04. However, ANZ was 0.39 per cent higher at $23.35 and National Australia Bank was up 0.52 ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across the year with AIA Australia (33.5%), CommInsure (16.2%), Zurich (14.0%), BT/Westpac (13.4%) and TAL (10.1%) achieving some of the highest growth rates. The largest growth in inflows came from the Individual Risk ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in May jumped $1.54 to $104.44 a barrel. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due to be released. In equities news, the Bank of Queensland Bank ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... opportunity, Bennett said. Meanwhile, Credit Suisse today released its estimates for the bank reporting season, predicting Westpac would outperform, while CBA, ANZ and NAB would stay neutral. The Credit Suisse analysis expects ANZ to be the standout ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... National Australia Bank down 0.44 per cent at $24.69. Commonwealth Bank shares were 0.26 per cent lower at $50.05 while Westpac shares were 0.54 per cent lower at $22.00. Market heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were substantially lower, with Rio ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... the December quarter from the low digits during the "GDP around trend" years. The recent slump in confidence reported by Westpac/Melbourne Institute suggests that C would continue to weaken in the coming months.So far The expected RBA interest rate cut ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should be cutting by 50 basis points - not the usual 25 bips - and now. The latest Westpac Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey underscores growing clamour for an RBA rate cut. Australian consumer confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 56 points at 4,251. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for April and the Australian Bureau of Statistics housing finance figures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... $1.51. Meanwhile, the big four banks were all around one per cent lower. National Australia Bank shed 26 cents to $24.52, Westpac lost 16 cents to $21.89, ANZ fell 22 cents to $22.82, and Commonwealth Bank dipped 54 cents to $49.52. The spot gold price ...