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Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... $1.7275. Oil and gas giant Woodside was down 27 cents to $34.37, while Santos had dropped 10 cents to $7.60. As for the big four banks, ANZ had shed 41 cents to $32.62, the Commonwealth had fallen $1.03 to $86.66, National Australia Bank was down 39 ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... three cents to $26.04, while Rio Tinto added 61 cents to $51.77 and Fortescue Metals climbed 3.5 cents to $1.75. The big four banks were also higher, with ANZ up 73 cents to $32.94, Commonwealth $1.56 stronger at $87.86, National Australia Bank gained ...

Australian share market losing ground at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... price on Thursday to $US55.80, its lowest level since April. Every sector was weaker, including markets heavyweights the big four four banks and larger miners. Commonwealth Bank had lost 73 cents to $86.72, Westpac had shed 19 cents to $32.82, National ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... and equities." Australian investors are "well ahead of this trend. We've seen SMSF investors have a preference for the big four banks, which pay high dividends." However, "Australians should be re-thinking their domestic equities bias, and looking overseas ...

Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... have been beaten up so badly, who are ready to take some risks on the expectation that the market will bounce back." The big four banks and major miners were mixed at 1025 AEST. BHP Billiton dipped 10 cents to $27.99, while Rio Tinto gained 49 cents ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Commonwealth Bank, and ahead of Westpac, NAB, Macquarie and ANZ. It is also the sixth by number of advisers, after AMP and the big four. "All of a sudden we find ourselves today at the same scale of operations but with a superior level of performance ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... even network Ten stocks are up. "I think the view that interest rates may go down again have partly spurred this." The big four banks were among the better performers, with Commonwealth Bank up $1.80 at $85.30, ANZ up 54 cents at $33.26, National Australia ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... was weaker after the release of the capex figures, which should also be beneficial for the equities market. Among the big four banks at 1200 AEST, the Commonwealth Bank was down 72 cents at $83.41, ANZ had lifted 15 cents to $32.67, National Australia ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Casino Trust holds its annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on Friday finished flat after weakness among the big four banks offset strong gains among energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,664.7 ...

AMP deflects ASIC attack reports

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... established in October 2014, ASIC has been scrutinising the conduct of "large advice entities" such as AMP, Macquarie and the big four banks. In April, it said it had detected "multiple instances of licensees charging clients for financial advice, including ...