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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... were expected to improve on the year just passed. The stock added 41 cents, or 1.17 per cent, to $35.31. The major retail banks all gained, led by ANZ, which added 15 cents, or 0.62 per cent, to $24.47. In other news on Friday, Foster's Group shareholders ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... commodities prices," Mr Walker said. BHP Billiton added 18 cents to $46.63 and Rio Tinto firmed 54 cents to $83.99. The big four banks also were key beneficiaries of investors' expectations of rising interest rates, with Commonwealth Bank leading the ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... to gather extra information. Investors have asked the Supreme Court of Victoria to set aside loans they took out with the banks for Great Southern investments and be reimbursed for all costs.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... stronger at $42.24 at 1210 AEST. Rio Tinto was up 71 cents at $83.83, while BHP Billiton added 11 cents to $47.34. Among the banks at 1212 AEST, Westpac was up 34 cents, or 1.36 per cent, at $25.31, ANZ was 28 cents firmer at $24.12, National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... supermarkets. On Monday, the Australian share market shrugged off earlier negative sentiment to close slightly higher as the big banks made up for softness in the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Monday rose 9.8 points, or 0.2 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... said investors were sitting on the sidelines amid a lack of strong company news and choppy US data. At 1206 AEST, the major banks were mixed, with Commonwealth up one cent at $52.23, ANZ up four cents at $23.65 and NAB up four cents at $26.23. Westpac ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... global financial crisis. But he said the miner was well placed for growth as emerging markets urbanised. The big retail banks were mostly weaker. ANZ had fallen 10 cents at $23.91, CBA had slipped 16 cents at $52.51, and NAB was down nine cents at $26.38. ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Despite lifting the reserve requirement and interest rates a number of times over the past few months, lending by China's banks soared by 27 per cent in March from February. Add the 16.6 per cent increase in money supply in the year to March, and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... cents, around 1.5 per cent, at $47.81, while Rio Tinto had slipped 96 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $84.75. The major retail banks were weaker, too. ANZ fell 27 cents to $24.05, CBA had declined 42 cents to $52.47, NAB was down 11 cents at $26.33 and Westpac ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... JPMorgan Chase's solid earnings report was overshadowed by worries about its mortgage assets portfolio. Meanwhile, other banks were hit by a Fed call for banks to tighten up their mortgage procedures and warned of looming fines. The Dow Jones Industrial ...