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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... which follows similar moves in the US. Invast chief market analyst Peter Esho said financial stocks, particularly the big four banks remained the biggest drag on the market. "Financials are still under pressure and the materials space isn't really picking ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... $66.42. Iron ore miner Fortescue was up 3.5 cents at $5.71 and gold miner Newcrest was 26 cents higher at $7.95. The big four banks were mixed on Monday, with Westpac down 1.5 cents to $32.86 and Commonwealth eight cents lower at 77.74, but ANZ gained ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened virtually flat amid weakness in resources stocks and moderate gains for the big four banks. Morgans senior private client advisor Bill Chatterton said the market had started Wednesday with a slightly negative tone following ...

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MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... strongest performers on Wall Street. The market had also been weighed down by weakness in banking stocks since three of the big four banks - ANZ, Westpac and National Australia Bank - paid out dividends last week. "With the banks now ex-dividend there's ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... Mr Radford said the local market was also weighed down by a fall in bank stocks over the last few days. Three of the big four banks paid out dividends last week, which normally prompts a fall in their share price. In early trade on Wednesday, Westpac ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... taper its asset buying program. Mr Daghlian said the gains were widespread across the market on Monday morning with the big four banks and major miners higher. Among the banks, Westpac was up 20 cents to $33.38, ANZ was up 19 cents to $32.90 while NAB ...

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MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... official employment figures. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market had been weighed down by two of the big four banks, ANZ and National Australia Bank, going ex-dividend. ANZ shares were down $1.10 at $32.70, while NAB stocks were down ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... gold miner Newcrest added 15 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $10.15 despite a drop in the gold price. On Monday, three of the big four banks slipped despite Westpac posting a record cash profit of $7.1 billion. But on Tuesday, they were all stronger with ...

NAB workers demand profit share after 1172 job cuts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... with one of the meanest pay offers finance workers have ever received. In fact it was the lowest pay offer among the big four banks in recent times," FSU national secretary Leon Carter said. A spokesperson for NAB responded: "NAB has recently commenced ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... session and that will probably make today a little less volatile than we've seen in the past few days," he said. Among the big four banks, ANZ was up 22 cents at $33.85 a day after announcing a record $6.5 billion profit, Commonwealth Bank was 45 cents ...