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Bumper year for ASX

The Australian Stock Exchange released its financial year-end statistics yesterday, recording an annual 16.8% increase in the value of the benchmark S&P/ASX-200 and a 17.7% increase in the smaller All Ordinaries index. The sharemarket posted a new record ...

Challenger rallies as Lowy investment emerges

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
... Westfield chairman Frank Lowy, bought a 5.78% stake last week, according to documents lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange. "It's pretty much risen on the back of that," one broker said as Challenger shares rose three cents or 6.5% to 48.5 cents ...

ASX refuses to confirm talk it is lobbying for News Corp index

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange today refused to confirm reports it was lobbying for an index that included News Corp shares once it shifts its base to the United States. Index operator Standard & Poor's has indicated it might not be able to include Rupert ...

ASX moves to keep News Corp in the top 200: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange has proposed a complicated new index in order to keep News Corporation in the top 200 listings, it was reported today. The Australian Financial Review said the new index aims to prevent to local market losing billions of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
... watch the banking sector, which has made solid gains over the last week. As well, there is talk that the Australian Stock Exchange could announce as early as today what will happen to the local market indices if News Corp moves offshore.

ASX launches index for options hedging

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange has launched a new index for fund managers who want to sell equivalent options to hedge the risk of buying shares. From 1 July, the S&P/ASX Buy-Write Index will help track the progress of investors who buy a stock and write ...

IPO frenzy slows but end of year will see new records set

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
The rush of new floats on the Australian Stock Exchange is fast losing momentum but the end of the current financial year will see a new annual record set for initial public offerings, a report has found. A Deloitte Corporate Finances quarterly review ...

ASX report finds property performs better than shares

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
For the first time The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) annual report on investment returns over a 10-year period has shown investors would have been better off investing in property than shares. The report commissioned by the ASX found after-tax returns ...

Principal America trades high on takeover speculation

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
Takeover speculation in a consolidating industry was the most likely driver of a surge in investor interest in Property trust Principal America Office Trust, analysts said on Wednesday. The second highest traded security by volume on the Australian ...

Aristocrat shares up 12% after profit forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
... Aristocrat shares were more than 12% higher, up 46 cents to $4.24. It was the top traded stock on the Australian Stock Exchange, with more than four million shares changing hands in the first 15 minutes. It was the highest level reached by Aristocrat ...