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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar reaches $US0.7200 overnight

At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7193/98 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7187/95. The local unit reached a high of $US0.7225 in New York and a low of $0.7187 in offshore trade. The Australian dollar pushed up after the US ...

Macquarie Bank says H2 significantly up on prior H2

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd today said the second half will be significantly up on the prior corresponding half. Managing director Allan Moss said domestic and international market conditions were favourable. "We are also experiencing markedly improved investor ...

Stronger markets, lower costs drive jump in NAB wealth management earnings

Wealth management operations were a major factor behind the jump in the National Australia Bank's (NAB's) half-yearly earnings, with operating profits after tax surging 28.1 per cent to $374 million, the bank announced this morning. NAB attributed the ...

RBA says little to be gained by delaying rise in interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today there would have been little to be gained in delaying a rise in interest rates, given the stronger growth prospects both domestically and abroad. The RBA said in its November Statement on Monetary Policy ...

ANZ first bank to change home lending rates

ANZ has been one of the first major banks to respond to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5 per cent, by increasing interest rates for home and residential investment lending by 0.25% per annum. ...

ANZ raises standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2003
ANZ Banking Group Ltd today said it will raise its standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent to 6.82 per cent. It is the first major Australian bank to lift its home lending rates since the Reserve Bank of Australia increased the official cash ...

ANZ announces TrUEPrS preference shares buyback

As part of its ongoing capital management strategy, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has called for the buyback of the ANZ Preference Shares issued as part of the trust units exchangeable for preference shares (TrUEPrS) Series 1 ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 5.00%

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 per cent. The move is the RBA's first shift in monetary policy for 17 months. In a statement, the central bank said interest rates had been set low in ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar sinks below $US0.7000

The Australian dollar sank below $US0.7000 overnight as the United States dollar swept to strength on the back of a resurgent US manufacturing sector. The Australian dollar slumped by nearly a full US cent in New York following manufacturing data at ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; ASX retreats from early gains

The Australian dollar was weaker at noon, dropping back towards $US0.7000 after trading in a tight range amid a lack of interest, a trader said. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7028/33 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7052/62. ...