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Consumer sentiment falls 2% in November: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
... rates pushed Australian consumer sentiment down a notch in November after hitting nine year highs the previous month. The Westpac Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 2.0 per cent to 115.5 per cent from 117.8 in October. Westpac head ...

Midday Market Wrap: Stocks firmer to noon

... $27.47, ANZ jumped 25 cents or 1.5 per cent to $16.53, National Australia Bank put on 49 cents or 1.7 per cent to $29.59 and Westpac was 23 cents firmer at $16.00 by 1208 AEDT. St George Bank broke back above the $20.00 mark, adding 39 cents or nearly ...

Wage growth should continue: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
... cyclical lows and the rate of employment growth being very strong, this puts a lot more emphasis on wage numbers," he said. Westpac senior economist Justin Smirk said wage growth had been following on from Australia's tight labour markets, particularly ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market opens low

In Sydney today, Westpac/Melbourne Institute will release its November consumer confidence survey while the Australian Bureau of Statistics' September quarter wage cost index and lending finance data are due. The Australian stock market dropped by nearly ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

... lower with NAB down 31 cents at $29.72, Commonwealth Bank 18 cents lower at $27.40, ANZ shedding 23 cents to $16.06 and Westpac off nine cents at $15.50. Shares in AMP tumbled 20 cents or more than three per cent to $6.40 as the prospect of an early ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... September, the government said. Among major moves locally, National Australia Bank was 14 cents higher at $30.17 while Westpac had advanced six cents to $15.65. The Commonwealth Bank was eight cents weaker at $27.50 while ANZ was four cents lighter at ...

ANZ raises standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2003
... for five years. "Interest rates for credit cards and small business lending are currently under review," the bank said. Westpac Banking Corp, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank have not yet changed their lending rates, but said ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, dollar end higher

... 200 index finished the session up 0.4 of a point to 3241.1, while the all ordinaries was 2.1 points firmer at 3257.9. Westpac Banking Corp dropped 37 cents or over 2.3 per cent to $15.45, National Australia Bank closed 1.4 per cent lower, down 42 cents ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... than the upside risks and that further interest rate rises should be expected in the next few months to a neutral 5.5%. Westpac's senior economist Justin McCarthy said that he too had hoped that the RBA would have waited till December to announce a rate ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds lower on RBA move

... cents to $5.07. The banks were among the hardest hit with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia losing 36 cents at $27.55, Westpac fell 15 cents to $15.81, the National Australia Bank lost 47 cents to $29.92 and ANZ softened 32 cents to $17.19. St George ...