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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... The financial sector was 0.9 per cent higher and industrials were up 0.91 per cent. Making news in local trade, Westpac shares were 25 cents higher at $20.34 after it was named the world's best bank for corporate sustainability in 2011/12 by Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and consumer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... $47.05. "Westpac has had a massive run this week, rising by about nine per cent, so a little bit of a pull-back from Westpac shares is not that surprising," Ms Saly said.

St.George merger on track: Kelly

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... concentrated in commercial lending, with around half of those watchlist facilities being in property related lending. Westpac shares fell more than 2 per cent to $22 just after midday.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... after booking a 40 per cent rise in annual profit and its shares climbed 34 cents, or 3.16 per cent, to $11.10. Westpac shares rose 67 cents to $24.22, Commonwealth Bank of Australia increased $1.35, or 3.11 per cent, to $44.77, National Australia Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... by Westpac, up about 29 per cent in the first couple of minutes of trade," Ms Saly said. "We have seen a dip in Westpac shares." Other big lenders such as ANZ and Commonwealth Bank are also a bit weaker today. "There is not much talk surrounding those ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2005
... recovery in base and precious metals helps to underpin the local bourse. However, most investors will be watching Westpac shares when they resume trading this morning, after an embarrassing gaffe by the company forced it to release its annual results ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries gain ground

... propping up the index with the banking sector returning almost equal gains of around 1.5% in trading this morning. Westpac shares gained the most, adding $0.29 or 1.75% to trade at $16.58 by lunch. AMP, Qantas, Telstra and Promina shares have all had ...

Midday market wrap: Westpac sell-off defies stronger sentiment

Westpac shares defied the broadly positive sentiment during the morning session, falling by $0.35 to $16.42. Earlier Westpac had announced that it had signed up to the so-called 'Equator Principles,' a set of guidelines for managing social and environmental ...

Morning market wrap: US shares mark time

... broken 4,000 points on Tuesday, slipped back below the mark yesterday, finishing at 3992.90 points. Domestically, Westpac shares were likely to be buoyed by a half-year profit of $1.05 billion. All Ordinaries: 2944.20 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8560.63 (-27.73) ...