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Midday Market Report: Dollar firm; All eyes on Japan

... the three-year contract was 94.92 per cent from 94.97. "The theme today is: Set yourself up for the US numbers tonight," Westpac senior market strategist Damien McColough said. He said that was all the trading was reflecting today - as local bond prices ...

Midday Market Wrap: Wall Street encourages Australian shares; dollar strong

... cent or 1.2 per cent lift to $31.33 while ANZ put on 19 cents to $17.99. The Commonwealth added 23 cents to $28.01 while Westpac climbed 18 cents to $16.52. "Wall Street was very strong across the board and it's followed through in the banks - all the ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds TSB, after Westpac Banking Corp Ltd pulled out, but there is still a price to be struck and the United Kingdom heavyweight won't be selling it ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... July. The deficit widened in July as non-farm exports fell to their lowest level since April 2000. Commonwealth Bank and Westpac Bank have both forecast the deficit to remain at $2.4 billion in July. TD Securities chief economist Stephen Koukoulas said ...

Westpac to restructure staff constituency to simplify technology processes

Westpac has today announced that a significant number of staff would be reassigned in an effort to simplify its technological process and improve customer service. Westpac hope to reduce the number of staff in business loan centres in March to about ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries trade higher

... The All Ordinaries rose by 0.67 per cent or 21.4 points in trading this morning. Meanwhile, the results of the latest Westpac/Melbourne Institute's leading index of economic activity has prompted experts to suggest that a rise in interest rates are likely ...

Westpac-Melbourne Institute index indicates rise in economic activity

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2003
... in 2004 is bright after the fourth consecutive monthly rise in a leading indicator. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was 4.6 per cent in July, a rise of 0.7% from June and above its long-term ...

Caterpillar Financial prices $120 million MTN issue

... November 2006 Commonwealth Government security. Settlement is September 22. Joint lead managers on the issue were ANZ and Westpac and the co-manager was SG Australia Ltd. Standard & Poor's gave the issue an A rating (stable), Moody's rated it A2 and ...

Midday market wrap: Domestic stocks put on lacklustre show

... index - on a volume of 6,934 contracts. Meanwhile, shares in AMP Ltd ticked higher today amid continued speculation that Westpac Banking Corp will enter the race to buy the troubled financial services group. All Ordinaries 3192.8 -2.4 NASDAQ 1855.03 ...

Westpac withdraws from Bank of New Zealand sales process

Westpac Bank has today announced that it will not be proceeding with the National Bank of New Zealand sales process. The decision was made not to proceed further as Westpac considers it would be diverting from its core organic growth strategy at this ...