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AMP share price opens lower after Cicutto comments

... a further 15 cents lower this morning at $6.40, following National Australia Bank (NAB) chief Frank Cicutto's comments Friday criticising aspects of the proposed demerger. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Mr Cicutto noted the AMP would ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

... of a strong US jobs number, a trader said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7090/97 compared with Friday's close of 0.7072/77. The local unit reached a high of $US0.7100 and a low of $0.7037 in offshore trade. The US dollar lost ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

... take time to be implemented -- the mere specter of a continued jobs slump helped lift bond prices. Economists will scour Friday's jobs data in an effort to discern whether September's modest employment gains heralded a sustained labor recovery or were ...

Midday Market Report: RBA meeting nerves prompts lacklustre trading

... going to do? "Overall the market is lacklustre." The slow trade followed marginal gains in blue chip stocks in New York on Friday, but technology stocks ended flat as investors drew withdrew support after strong gains in October. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Morning Market Wrap: Caution ahead of data releases

... index contract, a key indicator of trading for the day ahead, was one point higher at 3260 on a volume of 682 contracts. On Friday, the share market closed in negative territory, weighed down by the banking, retail and media sectors. After starting the ...

Rise in building approvals expected: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
... levels, economists said. Building approvals for September are due for release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday and a majority of economists anticipate a rise of around 1.0 per cent, seasonally adjusted. Approvals fell 2.4 per cent, seasonally ...

Fight on for slice of ANZ rights issue underwriting

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
... Ltd's $3.6 billion rights issue which will pay for the acquisition of the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). ANZ last Friday announced it was buying NBNZ for $4.9 billion was well as paying the vendor Lloyds TSB another $502 million dividend from NBNZ. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market slips into negative

... resuming trading today following the announcement of the $4.9 billion acquisition of the National Bank of New Zealand last Friday. The bank has launched a rights issue to raise $3.5 billion to help fund the acquisition. "If you buy ANZ today you will ...

Morning Market Wrap: Exporter demand drives up dollar

... seven points higher at 3249 on a volume of 489 contracts. On the local market today, ANZ shares resume trading following Friday's $4.9 billion acquisition of the National Bank of New Zealand. All Ordinaries 3254.9 +0 NASDAQ 1878.40 +12.81 Dow Jones 9625.94 ...

Nikkei rises in afternoon trade, while domestic bonds close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
... Malcolm Edey. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December 2003 10-year bond futures contract was at 94.305 from 94.325 at Friday's close and the three-year contract was at 94.49, compared to 94.52. The Australian share market slipped back a notch today ...