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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
The Australian share market is likely to find itself treading water again at the open, after another lacklustre lead from Wall Street overnight. US blue-chip stocks made gains, but the key indices did not strengthen significantly and the local market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Australian stocks look set to soften after falls in Wall Street overnight. The Australian share market yesterday closed slightly lower in lacklustre trading with the Anzac Day holiday in most states making for subdued activity. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...

Australian dollar hits new low for the year overnight

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2004
The Australian dollar dipped to its lowest level for the year overnight and could fall further over the next few months if the US dollar continues to strengthen on the prospect of a US interest rate hike. At 0900 AEST the local currency was trading ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks are likely to climb a little this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

AMP shares rally on strong buyback response, debt paydown

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
Shares in AMP climbed 4% yesterday after the recovering financial services company said the completion of a near $1 billion buyback of income securities would help halve its debt. Chief executive Andrew Mohl said 31,000 income securities holders, representing ...

Mercer announces appointments

Mercer has appointed two senior finance industry professionals to leadership positions in its Wealth Solutions practice - David Anderson is the new National Practice Leader and Bronwyn Speed has been appointed to the new role of chief financial adviser. ...

A$ bounces back

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
The Australian dollar bounced back after some buying of the local currency to open stronger. At 0700 AEST the local currency was trading at $US0.7413/18, compared with yesterday's close of 0.7353/56. Early in offshore trading it climbed by as much as ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks could gain ground after blue chips on Wall St posted modest gains overnight. However, continued weakness in the price of oil and precious metals could lead to further pressure on resources stocks, which have fallen ...

St George shareholders win tax exemption

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
St George Bank Ltd shareholders have won exemption from paying tax on a 2001 share buyback, after a court ruling yesterday. St George said it granted "sell back rights" to shareholders in February 2001 in relation to an off-market buyback of its ordinary ...