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Afternoon market wrap: Shares continue to lose ground

WITH AAP | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003

... slid 12 cents to $31.06, Westpac eased 15 cents to $16.20 and the Commonwealth Bank fell 13 cents at $27.72. In resources, BHP Billiton declined four cents to $11.34, Rio Tinto waned 22 cents to $34.56, Woodside Petroleum fell two cents to $13.25 and ...

Afternoon market wrap: Stronger dollar hurts stocks, lifts bonds

... internationally overnight, with the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices recording their biggest daily percentage drops in a month. BHP Billiton lost more than five per cent of its share price as the impact of the strengthening Australian dollar wiped out the ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end slightly lower

... revisions to the group's profit guidance for 2003-04. Elsewhere, the major banks were mixed, while resource blue-chips Rio and BHP Billiton both ended lower. Telstra and News Corporation were both slightly higher. Australian bonds were also weaker, following ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Resources push market despite Wall Street falls

... higher at 3295.1 while the all ordinaries index was 10.4 points stronger at 3302.3. Rio Tinto improved 89 cents to $36.59, BHP Billiton advanced 48 cents to $12.21, WMC Resources firmed 19 cents to $5.16 while oil and gas producer Woodside rose four ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: ASX in positive territory

... Group dealer James Foulsham said gave the market more confidence of a sustainable recovery. Stocks exposed to the US, such as BHP Billiton and News Corp, benefitted from the renewed confidence. AMP was another strong performer, easing investor concerns ...

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... three-week closing high as investors warmed to signs that economic recovery was picking up sending cyclical stocks like miner BHP Billiton sharply higher. The FTSE 100 share index closed up 45.3 point or 1.1 per cent to 4313.9. In TOKYO, Japanese shares ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Stronger employment figures push ASX to highs

The Australian share market hit a fresh 16-month high today as resource giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto pushed higher and investors welcomed stronger-than-expected unemployment figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 8.2 points higher to ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... then," Mr Briscoe said. "Financials were pretty stable, but resources were stronger today, with strong gains in WMC Resources, BHP and Rio." In New York, the broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index put on 9.61 points to 1029.85, while the blue-chip Dow Jones ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

... which slumped in response to strong gains by the Australian dollar. ABN Amro Morgans senior client adviser Bill Bishop said BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were sold off after the Australian dollar spiked above 68 US cents overnight and maintained some of ...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei edges up while All Ords deteriorate

... in response to strong gains by the Australian dollar. Fat Prophets analyst Angus Geddes said major resource stocks such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum were sold off after the Australian dollar spiked above 68 US cents overnight and ...

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Another MWL adviser banned over Shield collapse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:20PM

ASIC has banned another MWL Financial adviser Nicole Niu from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for a period of five years.

Warakirri, LongView launch home equity strategy

MATTHEW WAI | 11:37AM

Warakirri Asset Management and LongView are partnering to bring a new shared equity co-investment fund exclusively to wholesale investors seeking access to Australia's residential property market.

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:03PM

EQT AB has sweetened its offer bid for Perpetual, after the financial services firm rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from the Swedish private equity giant earlier in the month.

Igneo opens private infrastructure strategy to advised investors

VINNY VUCAGO | 11:55AM

Igneo Infrastructure Partners has launched its first private infrastructure fund for advised and wholesale investors in Australia.

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