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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... results. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower as investors took profits from the rally sparked by a massive takeover offer for Toll, and many celebrated the Chinese New Year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.19 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... release full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday hit another new six-and-a-half year high as a massive takeover offer for logistics group Toll sent its stocks soaring. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 57.5 points, or 0.98 per cent ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Bank shed 10.5 cents to $37.46, and Westpac fell nine cents to $37.58. He said this morning's news of a $6.5 billion takeover bid for Toll Holdings by Japan Post is giving confidence to the market as a whole. Mr Spooner said resource stocks opened fairly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... volumes in the December quarter. Engineering group Bradken was in a trading halt after it said a proposed $872 million takeover offer for the company had fallen through.

Avestra fined for breaching takeover laws

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
Avestra Asset Management has been convicted and fined $40,000 for breaching takeover laws according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Avestra Asset Management failed to notify the market it had acquired a substantial stake ...

Former Moody's analyst guilty of insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... bought and sold shares and contracts for difference (CFDs) in companies that were about to be, or likely to be, subject to takeover bids and price-sensitive announcements. The total profit made from the trades was $184,408.20. The pair each pleaded guilty ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... was off one cent at 23 cents at 1023 AEDT after it received a number of non-binding proposals it says could lead to a takeover or a refinancing of its debt. Mr Shamu said investors believed offer prices would be lower than the price at which Ten had ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... striking a new record, spurred by strong results from Walmart and Berkshire Hathaway's $US4.7 billion ($A5.09 billion) takeover of Duracell. The Dow finished up 40.59 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 17,652.79 points.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... striking a new record spurred by strong results from Walmart and Berkshire Hathaway's $US4.7 billion ($A5.09 billion) takeover of Duracell. After a day of wide swings on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 40.59 points (0.23 per cent) ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... cent to 28 cents after American media giant Time Warner reportedly approached the TV broadcaster with a $680 million takeover offer. Telco group Vocus dipped five cents to $5.69 after it and merger target Amcom agreed to open their books to each other ...