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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger, bonds steady

... yen gains against the weakening US dollar. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7006/11 compared with Friday's close of 0.7004/09. The local unit was trading just below its intra-day high of $US0.7010 at noon, having briefly touched ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar back below US 70 cents

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
... cents after a quiet weekend in offshore trade. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6990/95 compared with Friday's close of 0.7004/09. The local dollar joined the other major currencies in rising against the United States dollar overnight ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... Thursday. ANZ is hoping to announce the purchase of National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) when it posts annual earnings on today (Friday), but the deal is not yet agreed and still hinges on agreeing the refinancing of some of the bank's liabilities, the ...

Morning Market Wrap: US key indices up

... Australian share market is likely to make moderate gains at the open following a mild increase in key United States indices on Friday. By 0708 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December share price index contract, a key indicator of trading for ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; market slow

... also turned around and were weaker to noon. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6898/03 compared with Friday's close of 0.6903/08. It had opened at near six-year highs of $US0.6954 on the back of official comments from China that a ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, swiftly edging above the $US0.6900 level it reached on Friday after the United States dollar fell across the board. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6951/56 compared with Friday's close ...

AMP halts securities trading, announces profit expectation

... months to 30 June 2003, reflected $2.3 billion worth of writedowns and costs from its restructuring and demerger plan. On Friday, AMP also revealed that it would need to inject another $84 million into its British operations and continue to push ahead ...

AMP faces $1 billion writedown

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
... achieve its demerger by the end of the year. AMP's demerger received the go ahead from regulators in Australia and Britain on Friday, allowing the troubled financial services group to clear a major hurdle in splitting its Australasian and British businesses. ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains expected on ASX

... scoring its highest close since August 2002. In TOKYO, The Japanese Stock Market's were closed for the Sports Day Holiday. On Friday the Nikkei average closed up 2.42 per cent or 254.60 points to 10,786.04. All Ordinaries 3283 +0 NASDAQ 1933.53 +18.22 ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Solid gain led by News Corp, AMP

... points stronger at 3281 - a 4.6 point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 5,871 contracts. In New York on Friday, stocks ended flat as many traders took the day off ahead of the Columbus Day on Monday. The Dow fell 5.33 points to 9674.68. ...