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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... three cents at $16.58, after falling 3.61 per cent on Thursday. News's non-voting scrip lifted five cents to $16.12. The banks all gained ground on Friday, with ANZ performing best after suffering most on Thursday, increasing eight cents to $21.85. National ...

Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... crisis. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) monthly banking statistics for May, the Big Four banks had $262.7 billion in investment housing loans on their balance sheets. Pezzullo said about 80% of that was in interest-only ...

BNP Paribas gains Aust banking licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... to provide custody and clearing solutions from 2012 onwards, specifically targeting potential new clients in non-resident banks and broker dealers operating in the Australian market. The launch of the services will complement its full range of banking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... grounding. In the resource sector, BHP Billiton lost 18 cents to $44.27, while Rio Tinto fell 19 cents to $83.41. The big banks were mixed, ANZ shedding 14 cents to $21.71, National Australia Bank gaining four cents to $25, Commonwealth Bank losing five ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... 5% to 8% -- suggesting that China would be the other Eurozone because the central government could be forced to bailout banks as these loans "pose the greatest risk of delinquency." Financial markets paid no heed. There's also unpleasant news in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... latching onto that and becoming concerned that there's contagion coming through Europe again," Mr Herring said. Among the big banks, National Australia Bank the worst performer, losing 27 cents, 1.07 per cent to $24.87. Commonwealth Bank lost 52 cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... won't be out for two weeks." BHP Billiton was up 11 cents at $44.13 and Rio Tinto had added eight cents at $83.23. The big banks all were marginally lower. Commonwealth Bank had lost 13 cents at $51.93, ANZ was steady at $21.94, Westpac dropped two cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... were also faring well. BHP Billiton was up 39 cents at $44.16, while Rio Tinto gained 49 cents to $83.32. The big retail banks were also firmer - ANZ rose seven cents to $22.02, CBA was 31 cents higher at $52.23, NAB advanced five cents to $25.53 and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Frankfurt the DAX gained 1.13 per cent to 7,376.24, and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 1.48 per cent to 3,982.21. News that German banks will take part in a second Greek debt rescue package also helped improve market sentiment, as did moves by Portugal ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... The impact for Australian investors of any shocks to the system would be felt first in the share prices of the Big Four banks, which all rose on the passing of the austerity package. The sovereign debt crisis in Greece has increased the cost of borrowing ...