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Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries up slightly

The Australian share market was modestly stronger in early morning trade, following gains overnight in major US markets. Advances were reasonably broad-based, led by a 4.7% jump in Southcorp. Prices of the wine and packaging conglomerate were boosted ...

Midday market wrap: Stronger sentiment fails to save AMP

The All Ordinaries index rose slightly during the morning session but the AMP sell-off continued, pushing the stock down to $4.92, a fall of $0.06. The major banks all moved higher, although Westpac was stalled at the start line, managing a meagre $0.01 ...

GPT to buy Hamilton Island Limited for $127.4 million

... Tourism portfolio manager. "This is, in part, reflected in our increased price. Also unique to GPT is the ability to drive stronger visitation to both assets by packaging Ayers Rock Resort and Hamilton Island." Voyages are willing to acquire HAM with ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares run out of steam

... AMP finished at $4.91, a fall of $0.07, but Tower and Promina both eked out slight gains. The four major banks were all stronger. In percentage terms ANZ was the strongest performer, rising $0.24 to $19.15. All Ordinaries: 3036.90 (+13.60) Dow Jones ...

Business conditions still strong despite slowdown: National

... moderate downside risk to that forecast. Official interest rates were forecast to remain on hold until mid-2004 (pending stronger global growth). The survey also added that if the Australian dollar were to appreciate further than expected (topping out ...

Morningstar gives five stars to Perpetual's mortgages management

... interest rate management, and enabling Perpetual to add value from this element of the process." "Perpetual also maintains a stronger relative focus on matching the maturity profiles of funds through static risk limits," Morningstar added. "However ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares finish on positive note

Shares finished the week on a slightly stronger note as an afternoon rally pushed the All Ordinaries index into positive territory. The big loser among the banks was National, which finished $0.82 lower, although it did manage to claw back some of the ...

Midday market wrap: Westpac sell-off defies stronger sentiment

Westpac shares defied the broadly positive sentiment during the morning session, falling by $0.35 to $16.42. Earlier Westpac had announced that it had signed up to the so-called 'Equator Principles,' a set of guidelines for managing social and environmental ...

Midday market wrap: AMP climbs to $5.01

... stock back above the $5.00 mark as the All Ordinaries index crept to a 4.5-point gain. All the major banks were slightly stronger. Commonwealth was the best performer in percentage terms, rising $0.17 to $28.77. All Ordinaries: 2996.40 (+4.50) Dow Jones ...

AXA's mortgage management awarded three stars by Morningstar

... three-star rating from Morningstar, the research house announced today. Relative to other managers, AXA incorporates a stronger 'top down' input into its process and has resulted in improved portfolio construction guidelines through the introduction ...