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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... inflation and the timing of the Fed's plan to raise benchmark interest rates. Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities, said the Fed minutes showed "nothing really new" about the central bank's thinking on interest rates. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... jumped 96 cents, or 2.2 per cent, to $44.96. Coca-Cola Amatil shares dropped 34 cents to $9.40 after it warned of tough trading conditions for the rest of 2014, and suffered a 16 per cent drop in half year profit.

IOOF completes SFGA buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... the maximum cash consideration and the issue of new IOOF shares will happen today. However, the new IOOF shares started trading on a deferred settlement basis on August 7. Regular trading of the new shares is expected to start on August 21. In July this ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... capital. The cause of the problem, according to ISA, is that the Australia's capital markets are increasingly focused on trading instruments with itself rather than generating new capital to fuel business expansion. More concerning is that this ability ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... the gains on the ASX were particularly impressive, given the drag from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which started trading ex-dividend. CBA shares were down $1.85, or more than two per cent, to $79.55. The other major banks were higher, with Westpac ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Virginia. It's not because of Australian business mogul and Member of Parliament Clive Palmer's tirade about our biggest trading partner on national television where he let loose saying, "I don't mind standing up against the Chinese bastards and stopping ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher on Monday despite flat trading in the US at the end of last week. The September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,516. Earning season continues this week with National ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... analyst expectations after suffering an 80 per cent slide in its first quarter profit. Market heavyweight Telstra was trading 3.5 cents, or 0.63 per cent higher, to $5.60 after its positive profit results on Thursday.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... measures. No major local economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, ANZ is expected to release its third quarter trading update, James Hardie Industries is due to post first quarter results and hold its annual general meeting in Dublin, Ireland ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... German economic data lead to overseas losses overnight. Commonwealth Bank shares were down 49 cents to $81.20 in early trading despite its record result. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the bank's headline result had not met market ...