Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3041 - 3050 of 5948 results for "Banks"

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... fragility of the US recovery, on-going Eurozone weakness and continued high sovereign debt risks are likely to keep central banks firmly in aggressive stimulus mode," he finished. Meanwhile, the fall in the gold price has been bad news for the Aussie ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the strong start to the trading day underpinned by gains among the big four retail banks and defensive sectors. Local market players took their cues from a positive finish on Wall Street and a rebound in commodities ...

NAB confirms fresh managerial changes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... generate an improved return on equity. Following substantial investment in technology and back-office infrastructure at rival banks, Clyne last month committed to continued investment in the business of $1 billion per annum, which would be used principally ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... central bank's total hoard of 13.9 metric tonnes of the metal. That's' just 1.9% of total gold purchases made by world central banks last year. But you know the drill. Just like any other story that comes out of the Eurozone, it's about contagion. What ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite lost 5.21 (0.16 per cent) at 3,294.95. Less-than-stellar first-quarter results from two banks also kept buying on hold: Wells Fargo lost 0.8 per cent while JPMorgan Chase gave up 0.6 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... cents, or 50.41 per cent, to 60 cents after it issued a profit warning, citing challenging market conditions. Among the major banks, ANZ was 17 cents higher at $28.86, Commonwealth Bank rose 38 cents to $68.43, National Australia Bank climbed 10 cents ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... strategist Michael McCarthy said the local market had opened fairly calmly, with resources stocks lifting and the major banks falling. "It looks like developments over the last week are now causing investors to move into that rotation (from banks to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Australian share market has opened higher after investors regained some of their appetite to buy. The big miners and the major banks made early gains. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were using recent dividend payments to buy up ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... came ahead of Alcoa's first quarter earnings, released just after the market's close, and earnings reports from leading banks coming later in the week. Shares of the global aluminium giant closed 1.8 per cent higher in regular trade, but then lost 0.8 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... $19.20, while Oz Minerals was up fives cents to $4.80 and Pan Australian Resources gained fives cents to $2.34. The four major banks were mixed, with ANZ up five cents to $27.80 and Westpac eight cents higher at $30.33. But Commonwealth Bank fell 53 ...