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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... for the same period a year earlier. At noon the major banks were higher at noon, making up losses in early trade, with Westpac up 23 cents to $20.48. The nation's second-largest bank on Tuesday posted a two per cent fall in third-quarter cash earnings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said the Australian dollar was firmer after being pulled around in "choppy" ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... French banks were down more than 20 per cent in a single session." In local trade, banks and financials opened lower, with Westpac hardest hit, down 48 cents, or 2.38 per cent, at $19.66. CBA opened down 75 cents, or 1.56 per cent, to $47.48, ANZ was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... Meanwhile, ANZ was 84 cents, or 4.42 per cent higher, at $19.85, NAB had risen $1.11, or 5.16 per cent, to $22.61 and Westpac had climbed 79 cents, or 4.1 per cent, to $20.05. The best-performer on the market at noon was the emerging companies sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases data on lending finance for June, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute issue their Leading Indexes of Economic Activity for August. The Australian Office of Financial ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... fierce competition for dwindling new mortgage business, moved quickly to cut their fixed loan rates. St George Bank and Westpac cut three-year fixed rates by 0.20% while the Commonwealth cut loans fixed for up to five years by up to 0.60%. Susan Buckley ...

VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... the transportation sector. There were 68 entrants in total including ANZ, AustralianSuper, Insurance Australia Group and Westpac.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... $11.62 The big four banks were mixed. ANZ was down 12 cents at $18.98, Commonwealth Bank was 34 cents stronger at $46.60, Westpac was five cents higher at $19.32 and National Australia Bank was down 18 cents at $21.59. National turnover at 1218 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... financials, too, were down. ANZ lost 91 cents, around 4.5 per cent, to $18.90, National Australia Bank fell $1.01 to $21.66, Westpac was down 69 cents at $19.08, while Commonwealth, the least affected of the big banks, lost $1.30, less than three per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... down 14 cents at $20.15, National Australia Bank fell 4.5 cents to $23.155, Commonwealth lost 15 cents to $48.40, while Westpac nudged one cent higher to $20.11. At 1200 AEST, the price of gold in Sydney was $US1,663.20 per fine ounce, down $US6.23 from ...